ESG conducted research on the state of data privacy, compliance, and security to better understand the maturity of data privacy and compliance programs, understand the challenges facing organizations when it comes to data security technologies, and examine the use of traditional data loss/leak prevention, emerging data security technologies, and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). The survey was completed by 304 business and technology professionals at midmarket (i.e., 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e., 1,000 or more employees) organizations across North America (United States and Canada).