New Zealanders show a high level of concern about loss of their private data by government and financial industry. Government also ranks high in the fear-of-data-breach stakes, at 63 percent, following a number of well-publicised accidental releases of data from ACC, the Earthquake Commission, the Ministry of Social Development and Inland Revenue. US, Australian and UK residents show less concern than Kiwis, at 10th, 11th and 12th on the list respectively; lowest is the Netherlands.”]

