Response to “An Interesting Question”

2021-04-05T15:58:27+00:00April 5th, 2021|

I received this reply when I queried the bank about the racial and ethnic questions they ask on surveys: Hello Susan, Thanks so much for reaching out and inquiring about one of our survey questions. We include this particular question because the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law passed by the European Union in 2016 requires that we get consent from individuals to collect various protected classes of information, including race and ethnicity.   While the GDPR law applies only to residents of the European Union, Ipsos as a global company [...]