Privacy
» Privacy, Volume 1, Issue 8, 2001
If respondent is concerned about a loss of privacy.
2. A trade-off sometimes exists between privacy on the one hand and economic efficiencies that result in such things as lower costs on the other. When a trade-off exists, should government officials err on the side of privacy OR on the side of economic efficiency? Do you feel that way strongly?
Response | ||||
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1 | Strongly privacy | 54 | ||
2 | Not strongly privacy | 18 | ||
3 | Not strongly economic efficiency | 9 | ||
4 | Strongly economic efficiency | 9 | ||
5 | DK/Refuse | 10 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 413 |
Notes: Seventy-two (72) percent of small employers think that if government must trade-off privacy for economic efficiency or vice-versa, government should err on the side of privacy over economic efficiency (Q#2).