GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – June 2023

Introduction

In 2023-06, 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: 75 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 57 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 53 times
– Human health and social action: 51 times
– Information and communication: 35 times
– Manufacturing industry: 32 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 29 times
– Teaching: 26 times
– Other service activities: 23 times
– Real estate activities: 14 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 13 times
– Transportation and storage: 11 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 6 times
– Construction: 5 times
– Accommodation and catering: 4 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 1 time
– Extractive industries: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 407 times
– Loss of integrity: 54 times
– Loss of availability: 90 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 120 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 111 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 89 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 64 times
– More than 5000 people: 55 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 328 times
– gender: 328 times
– date of birth: 328 times
– age...): 328 times
– The breach concerns other data: 91 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 319 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 319 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 147 times
– password: 147 times
– customer number...): 147 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 121 times
– credit card number: 121 times
– bank details): 121 times
– economical: 121 times
– Data relating to offenses: 11 times
– convictions: 11 times
– security measures: 11 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 51 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 73 times
– Location data: 17 times
– Official documents (Passports: 53 times
– ID: 53 times
– etc.): 53 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Other: 89 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 67 times
– Hacking: 219 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 219 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 36 times
– Lost paper: 14 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 14 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 37 times
– Data of the wrong person displayed on the customer portal: 8 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 2 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 6 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 2 times

Conclusion

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