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For the personal information held about you by companies and organisations in the UK, which of the following rights are the most important to you?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
The right to access my personal information	20%
The right to be informed about the collection and use of my personal information	16%
The right to restrict the processing of my personal information	14%
The right to be forgotten / to have personal information erased	14%
The right to object to personal information being processed	15%
The right to have inaccurate personal information rectified, or completed if it is incomplete	8%
The right not to be the subject of automated decision making and profiling	8%
The right to move personal information from one provider to another	5%

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

6 to 18 May, 2021

Number of respondents

2,102 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "For the personal information held about you by companies and organisations in the UK, which of the following rights are the most important to you?"

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When asked what they felt were the most important rights when it came to their personal data held by companies, 20 percent of consumers in the United Kingdom in 2021 responded that it was the right to access this information. 16 percent felt it was important that they were informed about the collection of this data, while 14 percent wanted the right to restrict the processing of their personal information.