GDPR: opinion on benefits for organizations in Germany 2017

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the opinion of IT decision makers regarding the benefits of the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for organizations in Germany in 2017. During the survey, 50 percent of respondents stated that they considered it a benefit that compulsory data removal and deletion would help organizations keep the amount of data held under control, while 26 percent of German IT decision makers were of the opinion that the regulations would give a competitive advantage to organizations.

Opinion of IT decision makers on the benefits of the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for organizations in Germany in 2017*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Compulsory data removal and deletion will help us keep the amount of data held under control	50%
It will be beneficial for my organization to know the location of PII data held by my organization	48%
It reduces the chances of us experiencing a high profile data breach which would prove damaging to our reputation	42%
It will give us a competitive advantage	26%
GDPR simplifies my job	25%
GDPR will eventually lead to cost savings	11%
There would be no business benefits to my organization	11%

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Release date

May 2017

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Region

Europe, Germany

Survey time period

April 17 to May 9, 2017

Number of respondents

100 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

IT decision makers of organisations with 1,000+ employees;

Supplementary notes

* The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "What do you anticipate will be the business benefits to your organization from EU GDPR?"

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