B
Evidence Grade B
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60%
60% -- consumer data privacy concern rate for Australian consumers (2026)
Around 60% of Australians worry about someone accessing their personal data/information when managing or disposing of old devices.
- Approximate figure mentioned informally in a radio interview
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Value
60%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Mobile Muster (Australian Telecommunications Alliance)
Primary
Tier B
https://www.austelco.org.au/260725-2gb-charlie-brown-life-and-tech-helen-maisano-interview-on-mobile… ↗
Source Article
2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 5AA, 6PR Radio 25 July 2026
Original Research
Mobile Muster (Australian Telecommunications Alliance)
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Methodology
Survey figure cited by Mobile Muster (ATA) representative in radio interview; methodology not stated
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Industrymarketing
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Australian consumers: 60% consumer data privacy concern rate. Source: Mobile Muster (Australian Telecommunications Alliance) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/australians-worry-data-recycling-2026
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