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Only 34% of UK sole traders say they strongly understand their GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 requirements, versus 73% of large businesses, per the government's UK Business Data Survey 2021. See how that gap has moved through 2024 and 2026, and how many small firms still believe GDPR does not apply to them.
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92% of websites set at least one tracking cookie before showing any consent notice, according to a 2019 audit of 2,000 sites later corroborated by a 2024 study of 97,000 domains. See how many sites still track visitors after a reject click.
Read article![88.2% of Consent Banners Break GDPR Rules [2026]](/_astro/how-many-cookie-prompts-break-the-rules.CI8QumFq_B9k4J.webp)
88.2% of consent banners fail to meet minimum GDPR legal requirements, according to a CHI 2020 audit of the UK's top 10,000 websites by Nouwens et al. See the exact violations researchers found, a newer 97,000-site follow-up study, and what regulators are fining in 2026.
Read article![62.1% of EU Websites Show a Cookie Banner [2026 Data]](/_astro/how-many-websites-use-a-cookie-prompt.DRS1pJjh_1q9i29.webp)
62.1% of the EU's top 500 websites per country displayed a cookie consent banner shortly after GDPR took effect in May 2018, up from 46.1% five months earlier, according to Ruhr-Universitat Bochum's NDSS 2019 study of 6,759 sites. See the country breakdown, banner types, and how many still skip a banner entirely.
Read article![500,000 Organizations Have Registered a DPO [2026]](/_astro/how-many-sites-name-a-data-protection-officer.L3XVefE1_Z1SCiLR.webp)
An estimated 500,000 organizations across Europe had registered a Data Protection Officer within GDPR's first year, per IAPP research published in May 2019. See the country breakdown, the France registry data, and when the law actually requires one.
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