Bitkom survey: 71% of German companies have implemented GDPR, but 81% report increased complexity (bitkom.org)

• 71% of German companies have largely implemented GDPR, but 84% see rising effort.
• 72% consider German data protection exaggerated.
• 69% of companies see data protection as a barrier to AI development.

"A long-term Bitkom study on the tenth anniversary of the GDPR shows that 71% of companies have largely implemented the regulation. However, 81% say business processes have become more complicated, and 84% report increased effort. 72% believe Germany exaggerates data protection. AI development is particularly affected: 69% see data protection as an obstacle to training AI models, and 63% believe it drives AI developers out of the EU. The study calls for a risk-oriented reform."