A transatlantic survey of 2000 UK and US workers shows that Brits are a little naïve when it comes to data sharing. The OnePoll study conducted on behalf Varonis Systems shows that an alarming 37 per cent of UK employees have never shared data. The findings raise a lot of questions and could inter-link with employee frustrations, productivity and potential security threats.

The report showed that 37 per cent of UK and 26 per cent of US workers claim they never share data with other people. However 47 per cent of US workers share data externally compared to 33 per cent of their UK counter-parts. US workers find it easier to share files from at home (34 per cent ) than at work (31 per cent ), compared to the UK who found it much less complicated to share files whilst at work (45per cent ) than at home (28 per cent).

Companies that have their own files servers implemented, found that their employees were more capable of sharing data internally and externally. More than 70 per cent of UK and 69per cent of US employees shared data internally when they had files servers. Without file servers 43 per cent of UK and 52per cent of US employees do not share data. A fifth of US and UK workers do not know if their company has its own file servers.