GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – January 2022

Introduction

In 2022-01, 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: 135 times
– Human health and social action: 33 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 27 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 26 times
– Information and communication: 21 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 21 times
– Other service activities: 12 times
– Manufacturing industry: 11 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 11 times
– Real estate activities: 6 times
– Transportation and storage: 6 times
– Teaching: 6 times
– Construction: 2 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 2 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 2 times
– Accommodation and catering: 2 times
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 314 times
– Loss of availability: 154 times
– Loss of integrity: 39 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 114 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 61 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 60 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 47 times
– More than 5000 people: 44 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 260 times
– gender: 260 times
– date of birth: 260 times
– age...): 260 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 279 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 279 times
– The breach concerns other data: 39 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 29 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 60 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 157 times
– credit card number: 157 times
– bank details): 157 times
– economical: 157 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 130 times
– password: 130 times
– customer number...): 130 times
– Location data: 16 times
– Official documents (Passports: 99 times
– ID: 99 times
– etc.): 99 times
– Data relating to offenses: 8 times
– convictions: 8 times
– security measures: 8 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Other: 44 times
– Hacking: 207 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 207 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 17 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 21 times
– Lost paper: 5 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 5 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 30 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 11 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 3 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 1 time

Conclusion

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Data on notifications to the CNIL.