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Leading digitally shared content worldwide 2017

Types of personal information and images shared digitally by global internet users as of January 2017
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The data describes the types of personal information and data shared by internet users with others digitally. According to a January 2017 survey of global internet users, 87% of respondents shared travel photos and videos digitally.

Photos and videos of travel 87
Other photos and videos (not sensitive) 82
Photos and videos of my children 70
Private and sensitive photos and videos of myself 54
Private and sensitive photos and videos of other people (e.g. of my partner) 45
Address book/contact information 43
Personal messages (SMS/IM) 42
Scans of passport, driving license, insurance and other personal docs 41
Financial and payment details 37
Personal emails 37
Work-related documents 35
Personal notes and documents 35
Work-related emails 34
Passwords (including auto-logging in websites and apps) 30