94% of respondents consider prior hands-on experience in a privacy role important in determining if a privacy candidate was qualified.

72% of respondents in enterprises that always practiced privacy by design felt completely or very confident in their ability to ensure data privacy and achieve compliance with new privacy laws.

30% of respondents in North America said they experienced difficulties in retaining privacy professionals, compared to 60% of respondents in Latin America.

40% of respondents felt completely or very confident in their organisation’s ability to ensure the privacy of its sensitive data.

66% of organisations provide privacy training annually.

70% of privacy professionals interact with legal and compliance.

16% of respondents indicated that the speed of filling open legal/compliance privacy roles increased.

18% indicated the speed of filling technical privacy roles increased.

65% of privacy professionals interact with risk management.

43% of respondents believed their privacy budget was underfunded.

22% of respondents indicated their organisation had open legal/compliance practitioner roles.

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

63% of privacy professionals interact with IT operations and development.

9% of respondents in enterprises whose boards viewed privacy programs as purely compliance driven reported currently using AI for privacy.

18% of those who always practiced privacy by design reported currently using AI for privacy-related tasks.

50% of respondents in enterprises that always practiced privacy by design said their enterprise privacy budget was appropriately funded.

51% of respondents believed the demand for legal/compliance privacy roles would increase in the next year.

38% of respondents believed their legal/compliance privacy team was understaffed.

24% expect their privacy budget to stay the same in the next 12 months.

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