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Roughly half of U.S. and British Internet users...

Roughly half of U.S. and British Internet users know smart devices can collect information about personal activities, according to two studies released Thursday. Web-privacy certifier TRUSTe commissioned Ipsos MORI to do the study, which surveyed 2,005 British and 2,000 U.S.…

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Internet-using adults, said two news releases (http://prn.to/1oz0fjB; http://on.mktw.net/1pBDwAY). While 59 percent of U.S. Internet users surveyed said they were aware of smart device’s capability to collect information about personal activities, only 47 percent of British respondents were aware, TRUSTe said.