Businesses are not transparent enough about how they use customers’ personal data and regulation preventing misuse of such information is weak, research has found — but that doesn’t mean consumers will stop sharing their details. […]
But the report said that while fears of potential abuse abound, this is not stopping consumers from sharing data: 84 percent of survey respondents belong to social networks, and 34 percent said they are more willing to share basic personal information online than they were three years ago, compared with the 23 percent who said the opposite, according to the survey of 758 internet users. […]
http://www.zdnet.com/the-end-of-privacy-everyone-worries-about-data-leaks-but-shares-everything-anyway-7000014274/