GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – December 2022

Introduction

In 2022-12, 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: 67 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 63 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 48 times
– Information and communication: 27 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 27 times
– Human health and social action: 27 times
– Teaching: 16 times
– Manufacturing industry: 11 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 11 times
– Other service activities: 9 times
– Real estate activities: 9 times
– Transportation and storage: 9 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 4 times
– Accommodation and catering: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 1 time
– Construction: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 291 times
– Loss of integrity: 54 times
– Loss of availability: 92 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 104 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 91 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 52 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 52 times
– More than 5000 people: 34 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 266 times
– gender: 266 times
– date of birth: 266 times
– age...): 266 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 253 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 253 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 143 times
– credit card number: 143 times
– bank details): 143 times
– economical: 143 times
– The breach concerns other data: 77 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 105 times
– password: 105 times
– customer number...): 105 times
– Official documents (Passports: 63 times
– ID: 63 times
– etc.): 63 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 37 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 67 times
– Location data: 18 times
– Data relating to offenses: 8 times
– convictions: 8 times
– security measures: 8 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 153 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 153 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 24 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 25 times
– Lost paper: 11 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 11 times
– Other: 83 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 49 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 12 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 3 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 2 times
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 1 time

Conclusion

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Data on notifications to the CNIL.