In its latest Customer Experience (CX) Trends Report, Zendesk has revealed that three in five (57%) consumers feel under threat of being scammed online - but retailers are working hard to negate this sentiment.
Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence gets a bit shoutout in the report, with over two-thirds (69%) of UK CX leaders using generative AI tools to rewrite their customer journeys.
The report also highlights the healthy ROI that can be expected when using GenAI tools, indicating a better customer experience has has consumers returning more frequently.
Does AI help the customer experience?
Artificial intelligence promises to deliver a much more personalized and unique experience to customers, however data privacy is also at a higher risk. Four in five (83%) UK CX leaders now see themselves responsible for customer data safety, and a similar number (81%) say data protection and cybersecurity are top priorities among their strategies.
In its report, Zendesk revealed that security is no longer an add-on, suggesting that it’s becoming much more tightly engrained in the entire customer journey.
Three-quarters (74%) said that they have a detailed strategic plan to counteract digital deception and fraud in their CX operations, but while eight in 10 CX leaders think that their customers trust their data security efforts, a considerable six in 10 consumers think that companies are falling short.
More than half (56%) of those involved in the study reported a cyberattack or data breach targeting customer data in the past year. A breakdown of the figures reveals that the bigger the company, the more likely it is to be a target.
Moving ahead, Zendesk reveals two key areas for improvement affecting both customers and companies. Firstly, customers should have greater control over opting out of data collection.
Secondly, businesses are being urged to boost their cybersecurity protection and provide better training to workers, given that many attacks are only successful due to human error.
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