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Can be mapped to search trends on the site. This blog post will examine some of the most searched terms over the past few years to show the continuity between these stories and current events and the searches conducted by the site itself. It is clear from search trends that Brexit has been on the lips of the public more often than any other timely term in more than three years. It was officially announced in April, and as we can see above, there has been a significant increase in the number of searches for the term in the database.
Almost two years on, Theresa May is still trying to find a solution between the Latest Mailing Database UK and the EU, but the backstop issue remains unresolved. Because of this, it is no surprise that the demand for terms in the database increased significantly towards the end of last year. The chart below shows the particular exuberance last month when Theresa May made a statement in the London House of Commons on the progress of the talks. Another interesting search is that it contains things like and and other related terms. In the image below, we see a large increase in the number of hits at the beginning.

The increase is tied to the Republican and Democratic races for the U.S. presidency, when candidates from both parties are still competing for Republican and Democratic delegates, respectively. That same year, the number of hits surged again during the month's presidential election. Those searches took off again late last year and with the Irish presidential election in the public eye. Election Moves Last month, several news organizations revealed that the data of millions of users had been misused. On websites, data-related terms such as data protection, data controller, and GDPR saw a huge boom during this period.
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