GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – June 2022

Introduction

In 2022-06, 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:
– Public administration: 92 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 35 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 33 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 30 times
– Human health and social action: 21 times
– Information and communication: 16 times
– Accommodation and catering: 13 times
– Teaching: 11 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 9 times
– Transportation and storage: 8 times
– Manufacturing industry: 6 times
– Real estate activities: 5 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 3 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 2 times
– Other service activities: 2 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times
– Construction: 2 times
– Extractive industries: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 266 times
– Loss of availability: 76 times
– Loss of integrity: 45 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 93 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 66 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 63 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 48 times
– More than 5000 people: 21 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 233 times
– gender: 233 times
– date of birth: 233 times
– age...): 233 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 202 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 202 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 66 times
– password: 66 times
– customer number...): 66 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 96 times
– credit card number: 96 times
– bank details): 96 times
– economical: 96 times
– Official documents (Passports: 36 times
– ID: 36 times
– etc.): 36 times
– The breach concerns other data: 56 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 45 times
– Location data: 17 times
– Data relating to offenses: 6 times
– convictions: 6 times
– security measures: 6 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 42 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Equipment lost or stolen: 34 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 33 times
– Other: 106 times
– Hacking: 108 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 108 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 20 times
– Lost paper: 13 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 13 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 3 times
– Data of the wrong person displayed on the customer portal: 5 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 1 time

Conclusion

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