GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – June 2019

Introduction

In 2019-06, 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:
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 31 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 26 times
– Public administration: 23 times
– Human health and social action: 21 times
– Information and communication: 14 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 13 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 12 times
– Other service activities: 11 times
– Transportation and storage: 5 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 5 times
– Real estate activities: 5 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 4 times
– Teaching: 4 times
– Manufacturing industry: 4 times
– Construction: 2 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 1 time
– Extra-territorial activities: 1 time
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 158 times
– Loss of integrity: 18 times
– Loss of availability: 38 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 43 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 39 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 38 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 37 times
– More than 5000 people: 26 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 133 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 133 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 72 times
– password: 72 times
– customer number...): 72 times
– Marital status (eg: name: 142 times
– gender: 142 times
– date of birth: 142 times
– age...): 142 times
– The breach concerns other data: 30 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 65 times
– credit card number: 65 times
– bank details): 65 times
– economical: 65 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 9 times
– Official documents (Passports: 26 times
– ID: 26 times
– etc.): 26 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 25 times
– Data relating to offenses: 4 times
– convictions: 4 times
– security measures: 4 times
– Location data: 4 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 68 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 68 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 26 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 38 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 3 times
– Other: 34 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 19 times
– Lost paper: 6 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 6 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 1 time
– Data of the wrong person displayed on the customer portal: 4 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 4 times
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 1 time

Conclusion

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