EU data protection and digital technologies 2023

As of March 2023, 55 percent of adults in Ireland believed that improved digital technologies for data protection would be very significant in the future. Similarly, around 51 percent of respondents in Cyprus shared this view. In contrast, only 24 percent of respondents in Romania felt that enhanced digital technologies for data protection would significantly improve their lives in the future.

Opinion of adults in the European Union on the importance of improved digital technologies for data protection as of March 2023

Characteristic	Very significant	Fairly significant	Not very significant	Not at all significant	Don't know
Ireland	55%	33%	5%	4%	3%
Cyprus	51%	36%	3%	2%	8%
Greece	50%	35%	6%	3%	6%
Spain	44%	39%	7%	7%	3%
Netherlands	45%	37%	13%	3%	2%
Belgium	37%	44%	13%	5%	1%
Denmark	51%	30%	9%	6%	4%
Luxembourg	34%	47%	11%	5%	3%
Malta	56%	25%	2%	11%	6%
Slovakia	42%	38%	7%	7%	6%
Estonia	41%	36%	12%	5%	6%
Sweden	44%	33%	16%	5%	2%
Croatia	35%	41%	15%	6%	3%
Finland	33%	42%	14%	7%	4%
Bulgaria	40%	34%	8%	9%	9%
EU27	34%	40%	13%	8%	5%
Italy	28%	46%	17%	7%	2%
Portugal	40%	34%	8%	11%	7%
France	35%	38%	13%	7%	7%
Hungary	33%	40%	15%	9%	3%
Latvia	33%	40%	11%	9%	7%
Poland	30%	42%	16%	7%	5%
Austria	30%	39%	11%	14%	6%
Czech Republic	30%	39%	15%	10%	6%
Germany	28%	40%	16%	10%	6%
Lithuania	30%	38%	13%	10%	9%
Slovenia	38%	30%	16%	12%	4%
Romania	24%	37%	18%	14%	7%

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

March 2 to 26, 2024

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "How significantly would the following improvements facilitate your daily use of digital technologies? : -Better rules, tools and services to help me control my data online (e.g., secure digital identification)"

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