Web users resigned to loss of online privacy, survey reveals

ALMOST half of web users across Europe feel online privacy will be a thing of the past by 2020.

Research conducted by Microsoft revealed that internet users are most concerned about privacy, now and in the future, with 45% citing loss of online privacy as their number one concern and 60% worried that companies will track and save their every internet move.

The issue of privacy also emerged in web users’ biggest hopes for the future, with 66% of respondents hoping that in the future, they can browse without worrying about being watched.