Dec. 26 (Portaltic/EP) –
discounts and gifts These are the main reasons why Spaniards end up giving their personal data in ‘online’ purchases, an action that entails the risk of falling for a scam, as has already happened to nearly 10 million people in the country.
The Spanish admit that they would be willing to submit irrelevant personal information to get a great discount or a gift, as stated in a study by the cybersecurity company NordVPN, in a press release.
A part of the Spanish (6%) would deliver your credit card details3 percent would give your social security number and one in ten (11%) would reveal where he works. Another 7 percent would even disclose the name of your children for a chance to score an extra bargain.
On the whole, Almost 10 million Spaniards have been victims of scams in their ‘online’ purchases. And according to what NordVPN points out, Spaniards who experienced a scam in their purchases lack knowledge of cybersecurity and are willing to provide more sensitive data than those who did not.
As an example, the cybersecurity company points out that those Spaniards who were willing to reveal their social security number were almost three times more likely to have been scammed.
Total, 94 percent of scam victims are still willing to provide at least some personal information to get an extra gift, a discount or a free service.
For one in three Spaniards (30%), website security is their first priority when buying online, followed by product quality (22%), and its price (21%). On the contrary, the reliability of the seller (fifteen%) and the costs and delivery times (fifteen%) They are the aspects to which they pay least attention..