This preregistration details a survey study that aims to replicate the following study: Lutz, C., Hoffmann, C. P., & Ranzini, G. (2020). Data capitalism and the user: An exploration of privacy cynicism in Germany. New Media & Society, 22(7), 1168–1187. https://doi-org.vu-nl.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/1461444820912544