Awareness of the EU Data Protection Regulation

AWARENESS OF THE EU DATA PROTECTION REGULATION TREND M ICRO" 64% Europe Total ARE YOU AWARE OF THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION? YES COUNTRY BREAKDOWN 50% 65% UK FRANCE 87% 60% GERMANY BENELUX 60% 72% NORDICS ITALY 73% POLAND 52% DO YOU THINK THAT A NEW EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION IS REQUIRED TO IMPROVE DATA PROTECTION? 22% DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR COMPANY WOULD NEED TO BECOME COMPLIANT BY? 51% DO YOU THINK THAT THE PROPOSED EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION IS REALISTIC FOR BUSINESSES TO ADHERE TO? WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO COMPLY? 30% E RESTRICTED BY EXISTING LEGACY IT SYSTEMS 31% LACK OF EMPLOYEE AWARENESS 30% LACK OF EFFICIENT DATA SECURITY ARE BUSINESSES CONSULTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION BEFORE SETTING SUCH DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS? YES NO 13% 44% 28% *COULD BE MORE KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSED EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION WOULD REQUIRE, AS IT STANDS NOW? AWARE OF FINES THE UNDERSTANDING OF FINES IN THE EVENT OF A DATA BREACH? 82% 18% UNAWARE OF FINES ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE PROPOSED EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, ONCE RATIFIED, WOULD REPLACE LOCAL LEGISLATION, E.G. THE DATA PROTECTION ACT IN THE UK? EUROPE TOTAL 55% UK 44% FRANCE 63% BENELUX 49% GERMANY 79% POLAND 62% NORDICS 36% ITALY 70% YES YES