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NEW YORK — It’s not Big Brother, but “big business” that Internet users are more worried about.
A new survey found that nearly half of Internet- connected Americans age 16 and older worry about businesses checking what they do online. By comparison, 38 percent worry about the government doing so.
Not that those concerns are stopping people from using the Internet for shopping, social networking and a smattering of other activities.
The latest study, released late last week by the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California, found that 82 percent of Americans use the Internet, the same as in 2009.
On average, they spend more than 18 hours a week online.
