| Practice area: | Competition & Antitrust | Productivity, Innovation and New Economy |
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| Client: | Information Commissioner’s Office |
| Published: | May, 2013 |
| Keywords: | quantitative analysis |
London Economics undertook a review of the costs and benefits of proposed European data protection policies for UK businesses. The study developed a framework for assessing costs and benefits of the proposed measures, reviewed existing evidence and used a survey of data protection professionals in the UK to quantify the expected impact of the proposals. The results show that 40% of companies don’t fully understand any of the ten main provisions being proposed and that 87% are unable to estimate likely costs of draft proposals to their business.