GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – June 2021

Introduction

In 2021-06, 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:
– Human health and social action: 74 times
– Public administration: 52 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 42 times
– Information and communication: 33 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 30 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 26 times
– Manufacturing industry: 15 times
– Teaching: 13 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 12 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 11 times
– Other service activities: 9 times
– Real estate activities: 7 times
– Transportation and storage: 7 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 5 times
– Construction: 3 times
– Accommodation and catering: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 301 times
– Loss of availability: 89 times
– Loss of integrity: 44 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 51 and 300 people: 90 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 78 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 78 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 60 times
– More than 5000 people: 38 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 263 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 263 times
– Marital status (eg: name: 266 times
– gender: 266 times
– date of birth: 266 times
– age...): 266 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 90 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 139 times
– password: 139 times
– customer number...): 139 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 135 times
– credit card number: 135 times
– bank details): 135 times
– economical: 135 times
– Official documents (Passports: 87 times
– ID: 87 times
– etc.): 87 times
– The breach concerns other data: 85 times
– Location data: 17 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 32 times
– Data relating to offenses: 17 times
– convictions: 17 times
– security measures: 17 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 40 times
– Other: 77 times
– Hacking: 172 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 172 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 16 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 39 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 3 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 20 times
– Lost paper: 5 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 5 times

Conclusion

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