| Characteristic | Strongly agree | Somehow agree | Neutral | Somehow disagree | Strongly disagree | No answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a DPA would walk into the door of an average controller tomorrow, they would surely find relevant GDPR violations | 53.1% | 21.3% | 9.4% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 7.5% |
| We would need more clear decisions by DPAs and courts to improve compliance | 47.4% | 23.5% | 11.9% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| We would need more DPA enforcement to actually improve user privacy in practice | 47% | 22.9% | 11.2% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| There are still many conflicting interpretations of the GDPR | 25.9% | 28.4% | 22.8% | 11.8% | 3.5% | 7.5% |
| Independent of the paperwork, the GDPR has significantly improved how organizations process personal data | 19.7% | 34.4% | 24.7% | 9.6% | 4% | 7.5% |
| The GDPR has lost its deterring effect over the past five years | 12.3% | 18.9% | 24.4% | 21.9% | 13.9% | 8.6% |
| The GDPR is mainly a bureaucratic exercise, but did not improve user privacy much | 6.8% | 13.6% | 20.8% | 28% | 22.8% | 8% |
| Decision makers think that there is a significant risk of DPA enforcement action | 6.2% | 16.7% | 26.7% | 26.6% | 13.7% | 10% |
| Companies that do not focus on making profits from data are largely GDPR compliant | 3.7% | 12.5% | 28.1% | 26% | 18.7% | 11.1% |
| Companies that rely on personal data to make profits are largely GDPR compliant | 3.7% | 12.2% | 22% | 26.2% | 26.3% | 9.4% |
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Release date
December 2023
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Region
EU
Survey time period
November 2023
Number of respondents
1,048 respondents
Special properties
among data protection officers (DPOs) and professionals working in the field of GDPR compliance
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