Study context: LLM conversational agents

Participant demographics:
age: 50 - 69
country/region: South Africa

Previous experiences:
{'Are you using your own local chatbot instance based on only locally stored LLM model(s) (e.g., LLaMa, Mistral) and data?\n\n\n\nThis is about setting up your own chatbot. Apps such as the ChatGPT smartphone app are not included in this category.': 'Yes, but not exclusively (I also use chatbot services, as, for example, ChatGPT)', 'Among the following, for what purpose do you use your own local chatbot instance? - Selected Choice': 'General information seeking and learning', 'Among the following, for what purpose do you use your own local chatbot instance? - Other (please specifiy) - Text': nan, 'Why do you have your own local chatbot instance and not only use chatbot services (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot)? - Selected Choice': 'Other (please specifiy)', 'Why do you have your own local chatbot instance and not only use chatbot services (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot)? - Other (please specifiy) - Text': "I don't have my own", 'Please select the chatbots you usually use. - Selected Choice': 'ChatGPT', 'Please select the chatbots you usually use. - Other (please specify, use commas if multiple answers) - Text': nan, 'How frequently do you use chatbots?': 'A few times a month', 'On the days you are interacting with chatbots, how long does this interactions last on average (per day)?': 'less than 1 hour', 'Among the following devices, on which one do you usually interact with chatbots? Several selections are possible. - Selected Choice': 'Smartphone', 'Among the following devices, on which one do you usually interact with chatbots? Several selections are possible. - Other (please specify) - Text': nan, 'Among the following, for what purpose do you usually use chatbots? Several selections are possible. - Selected Choice': 'General information seeking and learning', 'Among the following, for what purpose do you usually use chatbots? Several selections are possible. - Other - Text': nan}

Privacy attitudes:
{'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - It usually bothers me when online companies ask me for personal information.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - When online companies ask me for personal information, I sometimes think twice before providing it.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - It bothers me to give personal information to so many online companies.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - I am concerned that online companies are collecting too much personal information about me.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - Consumer online privacy is really a matter of consumers’ right to exercise control and autonomy over decisions about how their information is collected, used, and shared.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - Consumer control of personal information lies at the heart of consumer privacy.': 'Moderately agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - Companies seeking information online should disclose the way the data are collected, processed, and used.': 'Strongly Agree', 'Please indicate to what extent you agree with each of the following statements [Strongly agree, Disgree, Moderately disagree, Neither agree nor disagree, Moderately agree, Agree, Strongly Agree]. - A good consumer online privacy policy should have a clear and conspicuous disclosure.': 'Strongly Agree'}

Questionnaire:
In the following part of the survey, we will ask you question about how frequently you share different type of personal data with chatbots. To evaluate this frequency, please think about the number of times where it would have been relevant to share a given type of data. For example, you should select 'I usually share' if you usually share a given type of data when it is relevant for your chatbot usage at the moment. If you never shared a given type of data in any context, please just answer 'I never shared'
For all the following types of data related to identifiers and general information, please indicate how frequently you share such information with a chatbot.
Your options are 'I never shared', 'I rarely shared', 'I sometimes shared', 'I often shared', and 'I usually shared'.
Information about your...
Q1. Personal identifiers (e.g., name, ID card number, email address, phone number)
Q2. Account credentials (i.e., usernames, passwords)
Q3. Location and mobility (e.g., homeplace, workplace, current location)
Q4. Ethnicity and/or citizenship
Q5. Criminal records

For all the following types of data about standard of living and opinions, please indicate how frequently you share such information with a chatbot?
Your options are 'I never shared', 'I rarely shared', 'I sometimes shared', 'I often shared', and 'I usually shared'.
Information about your...
Q6. Family life and relationship (e.g., civil status, number of children)
Q7. Wealth details (e.g., salary, savings amount, land ownership)
Q8. Job / Education
Q9. Religion
Q10. Political views

Responses:
Q1: I never shared
Q2: I never shared
Q3: I never shared
Q4: I rarely share
Q5: I never shared
Q6: I rarely share
Q7: I never shared
Q8: I rarely share
Q9: I rarely share
Q10: I never shared