This year’s survey results show Islanders are increasingly placing significant value on their personal information and the importance of feeling empowered, confident and in control of it, as well as wanting to find out more about exercising their personal information rights.
The Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC) issues their It’s All About You survey annually to gauge Islanders’ awareness and opinions about data protection and privacy, to help shape its guidance and events.
Other notable findings, based on survey responses from 2022 to 2025, include:
- There’s been a 34% increase in Islanders’ awareness of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 since 2022.
- 90% of respondents to the 2025 survey said they were aware of risks around their personal information and concerned about them sometimes, often or every day.
- Islanders were asked to identify particular types of personal information which would be of concern if lost or shared without permission. Year on year, more than 96% of respondents rated credit and debit card details their highest concern, if they were lost or shared without their permission, followed by passport data, biometric data, ID information and health data.
Jersey Information Commissioner Paul Vane (pictured) said: “As a fundamental human right, data protection is intrinsically linked to wellbeing, mental health, reducing inequalities and improving living standards. Breaches of personal information can have devastating and life changing consequences for individuals. Our survey findings send a very clear message to Jersey organisations that they must manage Islanders’ personal information in a fair, lawful and transparent way in line with their obligations under local data protection law. They must be accountable to their staff, customers and themselves for their actions as they handle and process it.
“Given the exponential advances and uses of technology, it is critical, now more than ever, that Islanders work together to ensure Jersey maintains the very highest standards of data protection not only for each other, but for those that interact with Jersey. My office provides free guidance and advice for organisations to help them navigate local data protection law and for individuals to help them learn more about their personal information rights and how to protect their personal information. I urge Islanders that need support, to contact us.”
