GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – August 2022

Introduction

In 2022-08, several personal data breaches were reported to the CNIL, affecting various sectors of activity. These incidents highlighted the vulnerability of personal data and the importance of adequate protection.

Sectors concerned

The sectors most affected by data breaches are:
– Public administration: 45 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 22 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 18 times
– Human health and social action: 17 times
– Transportation and storage: 16 times
– Manufacturing industry: 16 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 13 times
– Information and communication: 10 times
– Real estate activities: 7 times
– Teaching: 5 times
– Other service activities: 5 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 4 times
– Construction: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 1 time
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 1 time
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 178 times
– Loss of integrity: 27 times
– Loss of availability: 35 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 58 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 47 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 33 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 30 times
– More than 5000 people: 16 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 120 times
– gender: 120 times
– date of birth: 120 times
– age...): 120 times
– Data relating to offenses: 7 times
– convictions: 7 times
– security measures: 7 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 133 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 133 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 48 times
– credit card number: 48 times
– bank details): 48 times
– economical: 48 times
– Location data: 20 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 79 times
– password: 79 times
– customer number...): 79 times
– Official documents (Passports: 32 times
– ID: 32 times
– etc.): 32 times
– The breach concerns other data: 31 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 26 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 14 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Other: 33 times
– Hacking: 81 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 81 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 26 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 16 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 28 times
– Data of the wrong person displayed on the customer portal: 8 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 1 time
– Lost paper: 4 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 4 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time

Conclusion

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