This survey depicts individuals awareness of their rights to access personal information held by organisations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014. Of respondents, 62 percent were aware of their right to see information held by organisations.
What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?*
* The original survey question was: "Organisations like doctors, banks and credit card companies hold personal information. This personal information can include your name, your address, your bank account details or your credit rating information. What rights under law do you think you have with regards to personal details held about you by organisations in the UK? Please select any that apply."
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Information Commissioner's Office. (September 22, 2014). What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?*." Chart. September 22, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. (2014). What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office. "What Rights Do You Think You Have to Access Personal Details Held about You by Organisations?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Sep 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Information Commissioner's Office, What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 09, 2025)
What rights do you think you have to access personal details held about you by organisations?* [Graph], Information Commissioner's Office, September 22, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285628/awareness-of-right-to-access-personal-details-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/