In 2022, 96% of young people aged 16-29 years in the EU reported using the internet every day, compared with 84% of the adult population. Daily internet use among young people was above 94% in all EU countries. The lowest shares were recorded in Italy and Bulgaria at 94%, and the highest at 100% in …
In 2023, slightly above one third (36%) of people in the EU aged 16 to 74 who used the internet in the three months prior to the survey reported that they had changed their internet browser settings to prevent or limit cookie use. Only 21% used software that limits the ability to track their activities …
In 2023, only 36% of EU internet users read privacy policy statements before providing personal data. More than half (54%) of the internet users refused to allow the use of personal data for advertising, and just over half (51%) restricted or refused access to their geographical location. In addition, 41% limited access to their profile …
In 2023, 45.2% of EU enterprises purchased cloud computing services (i.e. services used over the internet to access software, computing power, storage capacity, etc.). This marks a 4.2 percentage point (pp) increase compared with 2021. This information comes from data on information and communication technology (ICT) usage and e-commerce published by Eurostat today. This article …