According to a 2024 survey of small business leaders and IT professionals in the United States, more than nine in 10 respondents said they notified their customers when impacted by a data breach, while only five percent of respondents reported not alerting their impacted customers of the data breach.
Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of August 2024
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Identity Theft Resource Center. (October 30, 2024). Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of August 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of August 2024." Chart. October 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Identity Theft Resource Center. (2024). Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of August 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Share of small companies in the United States notifying customers impacted by data breach as of August 2024 [Graph], Identity Theft Resource Center, October 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455257/us-companies-alert-customers-of-data-breach/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
