As of March 2019, 60 percent of the interviewed Swedes had heard of the right to correct their data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR, but they had never exercised it. 9 percent knew about their right and had also exercised it.
Have you heard of the right to correct your data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Yes and you have exercised it
9%
Yes but you have not exercised it
60%
No
28%
Don't know
3%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%
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Original survey question was phrased as follows:
"The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guarantees a number of rights. Have you heard of each of the following rights? The right to correct your data if it is wrong"
*Number of all respondents from 28 European countries.
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European Commission. (June 30, 2019). Have you heard of the right to correct your data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036568/share-of-individuals-who-heard-of-the-right-to-correct-their-data-in-sweden/
European Commission. "Have you heard of the right to correct your data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR? ." Chart. June 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036568/share-of-individuals-who-heard-of-the-right-to-correct-their-data-in-sweden/
European Commission. (2019). Have you heard of the right to correct your data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036568/share-of-individuals-who-heard-of-the-right-to-correct-their-data-in-sweden/
European Commission. "Have You Heard of The Right to Correct Your Data If It Was Wrong, Guaranteed by Gdpr? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036568/share-of-individuals-who-heard-of-the-right-to-correct-their-data-in-sweden/
European Commission, Have you heard of the right to correct your data if it was wrong, guaranteed by GDPR? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036568/share-of-individuals-who-heard-of-the-right-to-correct-their-data-in-sweden/ (last visited May 03, 2025)
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