GDPR study: German companies vulnerable to warning letters
The General Data Protection Regulation has been implemented since May 25, 2018 - with even fewer warnings than feared so far. But German companies in particular cannot yet breathe a sigh of relief.
October 8, 2018
This text has been automatically translated from German to English.
Websites shut down, media offerings blocked, thousands of consultations with lawyers and data protection authorities: The wave of warnings in the wake of the EU GDPR has so far failed to materialize.
However, according to a study by data management specialist NetApp, German companies have greater concerns than elsewhere. They come off worst in the four-country comparison:
For example, shortly before the deadline, only 57 percent of German respondents felt that they were able to guarantee the encryption of personal data (UK: 69 percent, USA: 64 percent and France: 63 percent).
