Data Protection & Privacy

Charting the UK Data Protection Profession: September 2021 Report

By 2021-09-28T12:29:00

Charting the UK Data Protection Profession September 2021 Report

Data Protection World Forum and The DPO Centre are delighted to bring you the fith Index survey report from the ground-breaking UK Data Protection Index.

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The UK Data Protection Index: September 2021 Report

Over the past 16 months, we have quizzed our panel of Data Protection Officers from around the United Kingdom on a quarterly basis, asking a consistent set of baseline questions. Crucially, in the ever-shifting privacy landscape, this has allowed us to track changing attitudes and opinions for the first time.

This quarter, we have also added several new questions for our panel of 465 DPOs to tackle, including asking whether refresher training is provided for staff. Additionally, for the first time, we have asked DPOs to rate the level of their organisation’s data protection compliance by category, providing a deeper level of insight.

We also bring you data and commentary on expected budgets, confidence in compliance within organisations, and challenges relating to GDPR.