Consumer News Consumers Are Increasingly Wary Of How Corporations Handle Their Data

Consumers Want More Control Over Their Data—and These Startups Are Letting Them Monetize It

In the absence of regulatory protection, more consumers and startups are embracing the idea of personal data sovereignty—users reclaiming agency over what happens to personal information, and pushing ... Read More

Consumer confidence slides as Americans grow wary of high costs and sluggish job gains

U.S. consumers were much less confident in the economy in November in the aftermath of the government shutdown and amid weak hiring and stubborn inflation. Read More

Wary Apps Users Say, “Stop Collecting, Selling My Data,” But Many Feel Powerless to Effect Change

More consumers are willing to dump apps that collect private data yet admit that they can’t tell which are doing so More consumers say that they are increasingly leery of third parties using and ... Read More

More than half of consumers are wary of AI-powered search: Gartner

More than half of consumers distrust or are not confident in the reliability and impartiality of artificial intelligence (AI) search and summary results, and an even greater percentage wish they could ... Read More

Top 10% of Earners Drive a Growing Share of US Consumer Spending

Wealthy consumers continue to account for a growing share of US consumer spending, highlighting the lopsided strength of the economy as a slowdown in hiring and wariness among other income cohorts ... Read More

Singapore consumers grow wary of data use in digital ads: report

Time spent on digital content remains high, with users averaging 6 hours and 44 minutes per week on social media. AI tools like ChatGPT have become part of everyday digital discovery in Singapore, but ... Read More