This chart depicts the share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union 2018, by country. Because of the GDPR regulation, the share of websites with privacy policies was higher in October 2018 than it was in December 2017. The country with the greatest difference was Latvia with 15.7 percentage points.
Share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union (EU-28) 2018, by country
Characteristic
January 2018
After May 25, 2018
Austria
91.6%
94.5%
Belgium
89.6%
92.4%
Bulgaria
83.1%
88.9%
Cyprus
76.4%
83.6%
Czechia
81.9%
88%
Denmark
91.3%
95.1%
Germany
88.8%
91.6%
Estonia
63.5%
76.2%
Spain
90%
92.1%
Finland
85.1%
92%
France
90.7%
93.6%
United Kingdom
95.5%
97.2%
Greece
77.9%
83.7%
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Uni Bochum, & Cornell University. (February 1, 2019). Share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union (EU-28) 2018, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/996338/availability-of-privacy-policies-in-top-websites-in-eu-28/
Uni Bochum, und Cornell University. "Share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union (EU-28) 2018, by country." Chart. February 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/996338/availability-of-privacy-policies-in-top-websites-in-eu-28/
Uni Bochum, Cornell University. (2019). Share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union (EU-28) 2018, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/996338/availability-of-privacy-policies-in-top-websites-in-eu-28/
Uni Bochum, and Cornell University. "Share of Most Popular Websites with Privacy Policies before and after Gdpr in The European Union (Eu-28) 2018, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/996338/availability-of-privacy-policies-in-top-websites-in-eu-28/
Uni Bochum & Cornell University, Share of most popular websites with privacy policies before and after GDPR in the European Union (EU-28) 2018, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/996338/availability-of-privacy-policies-in-top-websites-in-eu-28/ (last visited March 10, 2025)
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