We present the result of a small-scale test in which the participantsfailed to understand the graphic scheme as well as the pictographic parts of theicons appearing in the Annex to Article 13a of the European Parliament legislativeresolution of 12 March 2014 on the Proposal for a regulation of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals withregard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data(General Data Protection Regulation), COM (2012) 0011.