Study Finds that Larger Companies

Hayley Lattman is a senior commercial counsellor with the responsibility to review legal issues as they relate to accounting and taxes. As a lawyer working in the online retail industry, Hayley Lattman is always keeping up to date on the latest developments in the world of privacy and data laws as they unfold.

Researchers studying the rates of data protection law compliance in mid-2021 found that the larger a company is, the less likely it is to comply with data protection laws. The research was conducted by The DPO Centre, a leading data protection officer resource center based in London. They asked 400 data protection experts from various companies to rate their senior members on how well they felt the senior understood and carried out privacy policy in regards to data protection.

Almost uniformly, the largest companies in the UK (10,000 members or more) had the worst scores, showing a lack of accountability and engagement with issues of privacy. Further research found that the lack of engagement was replicated throughout the company’s structure, with junior members showing the same lack of interest in data protection. The researchers concluded that senior members of these larger companies were struggling to lead by example to the rest of the staff.