Internet Users Survey 2017
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It is found that online privacy is important to most Internet users
(91.9%), albeit most of them did not seem to mind when it comes to
sharing their personal information online such as their own photos
and real name. However, the awareness on the protection of online
privacy is noteworthy as 86.0% of Internet users had taken various
measure to ensure their personal information online stays private.
The take-up for parental control software was still low amongst
Internet users with children (17.2%). For parents who did not use
the software, they cited that they already had their own rules and
limits on Internet users (69.2%), as well as never heard of such
software before (59.1%).
Men outnumbered women in the distribution of Internet users (57.4%
and 42.6% respectively), although adoption rate within the gender
group shows no significant difference (68.9% of men use the Internet
versus 68.1% of women use the Internet).
The mean age of users (33.0 years old) and non-users (53.9 years
old) showed increment compared to 2015 (users: 32.4; non-users:
50.7).