Just a third of Europeans are aware of their rights under law , a recent survey of 27,000 individuals has found . Less than a third of Europeans are aware of all their rights under last year’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union said on Thursday as it launched a campaign to encourage more of them to only share data they want to. 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 dropping four percentage points since 2015 . The Commission has cited lengthy online privacy campaigns by consumers as the main reason why customers are largely unaware of their entitlements and has requested more transparent procedures .
Just a third of Europeans are aware of their rights under law , 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 dropping four percentage points since 2015 . The Commission has cited lengthy online privacy campaigns by consumers as the main reason why customers are largely unaware of their entitlements and has requested more transparent procedures .