In the U.S., Many Lack Trust in American Privacy Protection % trust American data privacy standards more than European standards
A significant share (85%) of Germans prefers European regulation of data privacy, trusting more in their own government’s capacity in this realm than in U.S. regulation. And, in the United States, men, the young, those with a college degree and high-income persons disproportionately lack faith in American standards protecting their data’s confidentiality. Overall, roughly half (49%) of Americans trust U.S. privacy standards. But only about four-in-ten high-income Americans (39%) share that trust compared with nearly six-in-ten low-income people (58%), a 19 percentage point difference in views. There is a similar 14 point divide on the issue between those who have graduated from college (39%) and those without a college degree (53%).
In the U.S., Many Lack Trust in American  | Privacy Protection  | % trust American data privacy standards more than  | European standards  | Total  | 49  | 43  | Men  | Women  | 55  | 18-29  | 50+  | 52  | Low income  | 58  | High income  | No college  | 53  | College degree  | 39  | Source: Pew Research Center: Bertel smann Foundationsurvey.  | Q4b.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 