Nordic Privacy Arena 2025 – key insights and discussion topics
Nordic Privacy Arena (NPA) is the most significant Nordic conference focusing on data protection and privacy. It is held annually
Background Information of the Data Protection Survey 2021 – 2024
The data protection survey has been conducted since 2021. Responses to the survey have been requested via email and social media.
- In 2024, 41 individuals responded to the survey.
- In 2023, 51 individuals responded to the survey.
- In 2022, 102 individuals responded to the survey.
- In 2021, 56 individuals responded to the survey.
The response period has been approximately 2 months, and no profiling of the respondents was carried out. The profile of the respondents as well as the size of their organizations has remained very similar, and therefore the results are now available for four years. From these responses, we are already able to observe emerging trends in many areas, such as “is staff trained regularly” or “is GDPR beneficial”.
The results are presented in the report as statistical groups, and the answers of individual respondents cannot be inferred. Personalization data related to survey invitations is deleted from the system within 3 months. Multiple-choice and rating-scale questions are reported as charts. Open-ended responses are listed in the report verbatim, with some highlights included in the survey summary.
It is reasonable to assume that the respondents represent individuals who are at least to some extent interested in the topic. On the other hand, from the verbatim responses it can be deduced that some take a rather critical view of the requirements of data protection law.
Respondent Backgrounds
During the survey years, the distribution of organization size has been very similar, as shown in Figure 1. However, in 2024, there were more organizations with over 1,000 employees among the respondents.
Figure 1: Number of Employees in the Organization
Similarly, the distribution of organizational sectors was very consistent during the survey years. The respondents consisted of a diverse range of companies as well as public sector organizations. See Figure 2
Figure 2: Business Sector / Type of Organization
The positions of the respondents also showed a very similar distribution during these years, and the respondents represent both decision-makers and employees. See Figure 3.
Figure 3: Position of the Respondents
Regarding the operating environment, the respondents included organizations operating in Finland, as well as internationally active organizations, and also international organizations whose headquarters are abroad. See Figure 4.
Figure 4: Respondents’ Area of Operation
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Further Information:
Juha Sallinen
Entrepreneur, Information Management and Technology Architect
GDPR Tech
040 5666 900
juha@gdprtech.com
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