Europe: awareness of GDPR by country 2019

As of October 2019, 69 percent of people in the EU-27 had heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Survey respondents from Poland showed the highest rate of awareness as 95 percent stated that they were aware of the GDPR. Only 38 percent of respondents from Estonia claimed the same.

Share of individuals in Europe aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as of October 2019, by country

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

January 2019 to October 2019

Number of respondents

25,018 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

The source phrased the question as follows: "Have you heard of the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR?"

The Fundamental Rights Survey interviewed people aged 16 years and older in all EU Member States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom. The survey design involves a combination of face-to-face and online data collection, as appropriate in each country, to reach a representative sample of the total population.

Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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