{"id":64871,"date":"2020-10-07T13:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=64871"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:05:27","slug":"bitkom-survey-gdpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/64871\/bitkom-survey-gdpr\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cData protection must not become a brake on innovation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the Corona year 2020, <a href=\"\/en\/35405\/gdpr-data-protection\/\">Data protection requirements<\/a> Many companies are struggling to maintain their operations. For data protection reasons, many companies are using digital applications for collaboration in the home office only to a limited extent or not at all. Furthermore, the vast majority are still struggling with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), even more than two years after it came into force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the results of a representative survey of more than 500 companies in Germany, which the <a href=\"\/en\/day\/bitkom\/\">Digital Association Bitkom<\/a> presented at its Privacy Conference. According to the study, only one in five companies, or 20 percent, has fully implemented the GDPR and also established review processes for further development. More than a third (37 percent) have largely implemented the rules, a similar number (35 percent) have partially implemented them. And 6 percent have just begun implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cThe General Data Protection Regulation cannot be processed like a specification sheet\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Susanne Dehmel<\/strong>, Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitkom.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitkom<\/a>-Management, says about the current figures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;The still low implementation figures are sobering. The General Data Protection Regulation simply cannot be implemented like a set of specifications. On the contrary: Due to unclear regulations and additional requirements from data protection authorities, the GDPR has become a bottomless pit.&quot; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The companies surveyed confirmed this almost unanimously. 89 percent believe that the General Data Protection Regulation is practically impossible to fully implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biggest challenge: legal uncertainty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For three-quarters of companies (74 percent), the greatest challenge is ongoing legal uncertainty caused by the GDPR rules. Two out of three (68 percent) complain about too many changes or adjustments in interpretation. Six out of ten companies (59 percent) see the lack of implementation support from supervisory authorities as one of the biggest problems, and almost half (45 percent) cite the inconsistent interpretation of the rules within the EU. For a quarter (26 percent), a lack of specialist staff is one of the biggest hurdles. For the vast majority, this also impacts their own resources. More than a third of companies (36 percent) state that they have had to put in more work since the introduction of the GDPR and that this will continue in the future. A further 35 percent foresee that the already increased costs will continue to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cData protection must not become a brake on innovation\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, data protection regulations have limited or completely prevented many companies from pursuing technological innovations. More than half of all companies (56 percent) have experienced the failure of new, innovative projects due to the GDPR \u2013 either due to direct requirements or due to ambiguities in the interpretation of the GDPR. Four in ten (41 percent) state that this prevented them from building data pools to share data with business partners, for example. Three in ten (31 percent) failed to implement new technologies such as big data or artificial intelligence as a result, and a quarter (24 percent) confirmed this for the digitalization of business processes. One in five affected companies (20 percent) refrained from using new data analytics due to the GDPR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;Personal data must be protected, that is undisputed. But data protection must not become a brake on innovation. If we are serious about Europe&#039;s digital footprint, data protection rules must support data-based business models rather than undermine them.&quot; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Dehmel continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all companies (92 percent) call for improvements to the GDPR. According to respondents, the information requirements should be made more practical (91 percent), the rules should be made more understandable (85 percent), and the advice and support provided by data protection authorities during implementation should be improved (83 percent). Only 3 percent believe the GDPR should be further tightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data protection requirements as an additional burden in the crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the coronavirus pandemic, many companies are also struggling to maintain their operations in compliance with data protection regulations. Many tools that facilitate working from home, for example, were used only to a limited extent or not at all due to data protection concerns. Almost one in four companies (23 percent) avoided collaboration tools for data protection reasons. A further 17 percent used these applications only to a limited extent. A quarter (26 percent) did not fully use cloud services such as online storage, and 2 percent did not use them completely. One in ten companies (10 percent) restricted the use of video telephony, and 3 percent were unable to use suitable video conferencing systems due to data protection regulations. And 4 percent stated that they had to limit the use of messenger services in the company in order to comply with data protection regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;Many companies are in a dilemma: On the one hand, they rely on communication and collaboration tools that enable remote collaboration and replace business trips. On the other hand, German supervisory authorities criticize these same tools as non-compliant with data protection regulations,&quot; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>says Dehmel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For just over two years, companies should have implemented the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in their operations. But what is the actual status today? 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