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Visa Study: 73% Of Aussies Want Direct Control Over How Their Data Is Used By Brands & Governments

Jeremy Tse
Published on: 19th May 2023 at 10:35 AM
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More than seven out of 10 (73 per cent ) of Australian consumers want direct control or the option to have more control over how their data is used by companies and governments, according to findings from the Visa Consumer Empowerment Study released today by global payments technology company Visa.

However, this correlates with an elevated impression of online security; when Australians shop online, 27 per cent describe the experience as “very secure” which is amongst the highest in Asia Pacific (compared to 12 per cent and 14 per cent in Singapore and Hong Kong respectively).

Some 1500 Australians were surveyed for the Visa Consumer Empowerment Study which found Aussies to be highly engaged digital natives, with 43 per cent of respondents making online purchases weekly and 20 per cent using over eight applications daily.

Consumer sentiment also highlighted a potential gap in the data guidance that businesses provide their online users, with 64 per cent of Australian consumers believing that companies benefit more from using their data then they do. A further 65 per cent say companies only sometimes, rarely, or never educate them about how data collection works and consumer options to control it.

In response, Visa has released its Consent Management Specification – a set of global technical guidelines that focus on creating consistent permission experiences for data-sharing requests, enabling customers to have greater visibility into what personal data they share with companies online, and what it will be used for.

Riaz Nasrabadi, head of data and risk products, Visa Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific, said: “Visa has been closely studying the challenges of consent management since 2019, with extensive global research and studies being conducted over multiple countries to better understand consumer needs.”

“The findings from the research suggest that consumers desire more transparent and intuitive permission experiences and would be more open to sharing their data if they had more direct control over how the data is used. At Visa, we believe that a greater understanding of how data will be used will empower consumers to make informed decisions and driver greater participation in the digital ecosystem.”

 Consumer Empowerment Study was conducted in September 2022 with 1,500 adults in Australia
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