According to the two organizations, the survey was commissioned by PayPal Hong Kong and designed and executed online by CityU during two weeks in August 2011. More than 1,200 responses were collected from Hong Kong netizens aged 18 or above, with about, 75 percent of respondents in the age group of 22 to 39 age, said the two organizations in a statement. More than 50 percent of respondents have a university degree and the average income of the respondents is HKD$15,000 per month, the two organizations added.

Survey results indicated that while 38 percent of respondents are concerned about sharing personal information online, 60 percent of these people reported that they never update their online passwords or only do so when required.