How Online Account Access Can Lose Customers

How Online Account Access Can Lose Customers

Concerns over online accounts are high given some recent data breaches, and businesses need to do a better job of explaining how account information is used.

94% of survey respondents said they are concerned about data privacy, with 61% of these respondents saying they are “very” concerned.

58% of survey respondents use “social log-in” options to gain access to an online account from a company, meaning they use their credentials from Facebook or Google to connect.

Of those who use social log-in to gain access to company accounts, 43% said they don’t want to spend time filling in registration forms to connect, and 42% said they don’t want to create—and need to remember—another user name/password.

47% said they are willing to share information with a company if they’re assured the information will only be used by that company.

45% said they are willing to share such information if the company makes it “very clear” as to how it will use the information.

Of those who aren’t using social logins, 56% said they don’t want companies knowing about their accounts and account activities, and 49% are concerned about security/privacy risks.

Two-thirds of survey respondents overall said they’d be open to the idea of using fingerprint scanning or voice recognition as a means to access accounts online.

Only 21% of survey respondents overall said they feel companies do a good job of marketing to them online, in a way that’s personal and relevant to them.

56% said they receive no less than four irrelevant messages from companies every day, and 27% said they receive at least ten of these messages daily.

Unsubscribe from email list: 85%, Ignore future communications from the company: 63%, Mark message as spam: 59%, Stop visiting company’s website: 36%, Stop buying products from company: 27%