Title page
Contents
Summary 4
Chapter 1. Introduction 6
Chapter 2. How businesses handle data 8
Chapter 3. Data protection regulation 10
Chapter 4. Information Commissioner's Office 13
Chapter 5. International data transfers 15
Chapter 6. International transfer mechanisms 16
Glossary 19
Further Information 21
Figure 1. Percentage of businesses that said they handle any form of digitised data (businesses can collect data from both sources shown) 4
Figure 2. Percentage of businesses that handle data from sources other than their employees 5
Figure 3. Sources of personal data as a percentage of UK businesses who use digital data 8
Figure 4. Percentage of businesses that expressed confidence in their employees' proficiency in handling personal data 9
Figure 5. Percentage of businesses that performed a particular action in response to GDPR and DPA 2018 10
Figure 6. Percentage of business that mentioned what, if any, advantages GDPR and DPA 2018 had brought to their business 11
Figure 7. Percentage of businesses that agreed or disagreed with statements about their customers 12
Figure 8. Percentage of businesses that have heard of the ICO or not 13
Figure 9. Percentage split between businesses that share personal data only, non-personal data only or both, internationally 15
Figure 10. Percentage of businesses that exchange data internationally and that use a particular legal safeguard 16
Figure 11. Percentage of business that exchange data internationally but which do not use any form of legal safeguard 17
Figure 12. Percentage of businesses that exchange data internationally that use SCCs and adequacy, by business size 18