Awareness of French people of the country processing their personal data in 2021

As changes in GDPR and the protection of personal data have become important topics in the lives of French people, the source had asked them if they had ever wondered about the country in which their personal data was stored and processed. Thus, more than half of respondents did not ever question the country in which their data was stored. The French were also questioned on the level of attention they paid to the processing of their personal data on the internet in 2021. That year, more than 45 percent mentioned being quite attentive to it. Trust in countries processing personal dataBeing aware of the country of origin of the most popular online services in France, most French people still expressed a general distrust for any country in terms of protecting or personal data, especially not countries outside the European Union. However, there is little to no European alternative in using online services comparable to the GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft) companies originating from the U.S. But, the means for the EU for creating comparable platforms (in terms of legislation, companies and services) are not lacking. Personal data protection importance varies according to the online sectorsLooking at personal data issues, it seems that the importance of trust and protection seem to vary according to the sector. Thus, 73 percent of French people considered the security of personal data as important in the telecommunication sector and about 64 percent in e-commerce. For the e-commerce business and during the sanitary crisis in France in 2020, as the demand for online commerce has surged, some e-commerce marketers asked the French population if a certified online identity would have a positive impact on the level of trust in online transactions. Thus, for 93 percent of respondents, the deletion of personal data was rated as important, a factor that has been rated high since 2016.

随着欧盟通用数据保护条例（GDPR）及个人数据保护议题在法国民众生活中的重要性日益凸显，调查者询问他们是否曾好奇过存储和处理其个人数据的所在国家。因此，超过半数的受访者从未质疑过其数据存储的国家。在2021年，法国人也被问及他们对个人数据在互联网上处理的关注度。当年，超过45%的人表示对此相当关注。就个人数据处理的信任度而言，法国民众尽管了解到法国最受欢迎的在线服务提供商的来源国，但仍然普遍对任何国家在保护个人数据方面的能力表示怀疑，尤其是对欧盟以外的国家。然而，在提供与源自美国的GAFAM（谷歌、亚马逊、Facebook、苹果和微软）公司在线服务相当的服务方面，欧盟几乎没有任何替代品。但，欧盟在创造具有可比性平台（就立法、公司和服务而言）的手段并不匮乏。观察个人数据保护的重要性，似乎它根据不同领域而有所差异。因此，73%的法国人认为在电信领域个人数据的安全至关重要，约64%的人认为在电子商务领域同样重要。在2020年法国卫生危机期间，随着在线商业需求的激增，一些电子商务营销人员询问法国民众一个经过认证的在线身份是否会对在线交易信任度产生积极影响。因此，对于93%的受访者来说，个人数据的删除被视为重要因素，这一因素自2016年以来一直被高度评价。