On April 18, 2018, the Association of the German Insurance Industry published the results of a survey conducted by the polling institute Forsa (source document in German). According to the survey, the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany are not equipped to handle the GDPR, with only 22 percent having adopted requisite measures.

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