GDPR Implementation Slow but Improving

According to the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Implementation Review Survey conducted by IT Governance, six months after the GDPR went into effect, the majority of organizations are failing to implement the mandatory regulations. The study included 210 responses from participating organizations ranging in size from fewer than 10 to more than 1,001 employees from across industries. Participants were asked how far along they were in achieving GDPR compliance, and only 29% said they had implemented all of the necessary change. Despite 59% of respondents stating that they are aware of the changes to data subject access requests (DSAR), only 29% actually have an adoption plan in place to address these changes, even though data subjects are able to file complaints that could result in fines if their DSAR is incorrectly managed.