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Unlocking the door to data privacy


Andy Teichholz, global industry strategist, compliance and legal at OpenText reveals what people really think about data privacy and what steps organisations should take to protect personal data.


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he pandemic and related lockdowns forever changed the way we live, work, and interact with each other. This change is being reflected in adapted behaviours across all areas of our lives, in


everything from the shift to online shopping to the prevalence of remote work. To help facilitate this change, more than three-quarters of employers now offer hybrid work arrangements, allowing their staff to work both remotely and from company offices. As an employee, hybrid working offers a new level of flexibility that


allows work to fit around one’s own schedule and lifestyle. However, it also means work files and business data – which often includes personal and


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sensitive information – are today being accessed and shared across literally thousands of work locations. In parallel, with so much of our lives becoming increasingly digitised – and by necessity requiring us to share more and more of our personal data with those organisations with whom we interact, consumers are understandably becoming increasingly concerned with the privacy and protection of this information. To fully understand consumer attitudes towards data privacy, we


commissioned a global survey and discovered that almost three quarters (72%) of consumers say they have had new concerns about how organisations are using their data since the start of the pandemic. Such is


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