GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – July 2018

Introduction

In 2018-07, 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:
– Information and communication: 38 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 28 times
– Other service activities: 17 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 13 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 12 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 8 times
– Teaching: 7 times
– Manufacturing industry: 7 times
– Public administration: 7 times
– Accommodation and catering: 6 times
– Human health and social action: 5 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 4 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 3 times
– Transportation and storage: 3 times
– Real estate activities: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times
– Unknown: 2 times
– Construction: 1 time
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 152 times
– Loss of integrity: 15 times
– Loss of availability: 18 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 50 times
– More than 5000 people: 34 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 31 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 30 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 22 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 129 times
– gender: 129 times
– date of birth: 129 times
– age...): 129 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 132 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 132 times
– Data relating to offenses: 5 times
– convictions: 5 times
– security measures: 5 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 42 times
– password: 42 times
– customer number...): 42 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 43 times
– credit card number: 43 times
– bank details): 43 times
– economical: 43 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 11 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 6 times
– Location data: 16 times
– Official documents (Passports: 18 times
– ID: 18 times
– etc.): 18 times
– The breach concerns other data: 25 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 96 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 96 times
– Other: 34 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 17 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 1 time
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 13 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 13 times
– Data of the wrong person displayed on the customer portal: 4 times

Conclusion

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