Just a third of Europeans are aware of their rights under GDPR, a recent survey of 27,000 individuals has found. Despite a significant announcement surrounding the commencement of GDPR, Europeans have failed to adjust privacy settings on their social media with numbers of those doing so falling four percentage points since 2015. The European Commission is currently working towards implementing GDPR and will publish its first version in 2018.
Just a third of Europeans are aware of their rights under GDPR, a recent survey of 27,000 individuals has found. Despite a significant announcement surrounding the commencement of GDPR, Europeans have failed to adjust privacy settings on their social media with numbers of those doing so falling four percentage points since 2015. The Commission has cited lengthy data privacy explanations by companies as the main reason why customers are largely unaware of their entitlements and has requested more transparent wording.