24% of respondents said they were increasingly relying on AI or automation to address privacy skill gaps, compared to 18% last year.

48% of enterprises are using training to allow nonprivacy staff who are interested to move into privacy roles.

59% said resource shortages made their privacy role more stressful.

39% said it was neither easy nor difficult to identify/understand privacy obligations.

78% of privacy professionals frequently interact with information security.

49% perform a privacy risk assessment to monitor their privacy programs.

87% of respondents said their organisation provided privacy awareness training for employees.

73% of respondents said expert-level privacy professionals were the most difficult to hire.

67% of respondents said their enterprise practiced privacy by design when building new applications and services.

61% track the number of employees who have completed privacy training.

46% of respondents felt their technical privacy team was understaffed.

42% of respondents indicated a data breach/leakage was a common privacy failure.

57% of respondents believed their board of directors adequately prioritized privacy.

74% said their organisation’s privacy strategy was aligned with organisational objectives.

96% of respondents consider compliance/legal experience important in determining if a privacy candidate was qualified.

68% of respondents said that addressing privacy with documented privacy policies, procedures, and standards was mandatory.

36% of privacy professionals cited management of risk associated with new technologies as an obstacle.

29% expect their privacy budget to increase in the next 12 months.

61% said compliance challenges made their privacy role more stressful.

70% of privacy professionals interact with legal and compliance.