EU fact of the week
date: 14/06/2019
73% of Europeans have heard of at least one of their data protection rights
The European Commission published a special Eurobarometer survey on data protection one year after the entry in force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Based on the views of 27,000 Europeans, the results show that 73% of respondents have heard of at least one of the six tested rights guaranteed by GDPR. The highest levels of awareness among citizens are recorded for the right to access their own data (65%), the right to correct the data if it's wrong (61%), the right to object to receiving direct marketing (59%) and the right to have their own data deleted (57%). In addition, 67% of respondents know about the General Data Protection Regulation and 57% of respondents know about their national data protection authorities.