GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – May 2018

Introduction

In 2018-05, 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: 6 times
– Information and communication: 3 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 3 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 2 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 1 time
– Transportation and storage: 1 time
– Other service activities: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 14 times
– Loss of integrity: 3 times
– Loss of availability: 3 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 9 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 4 times
– More than 5000 people: 2 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 1 time
– Between 6 and 50 people: 1 time

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 16 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 16 times
– Marital status (eg: name: 13 times
– gender: 13 times
– date of birth: 13 times
– age...): 13 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 6 times
– password: 6 times
– customer number...): 6 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 6 times
– credit card number: 6 times
– bank details): 6 times
– economical: 6 times
– Location data: 5 times
– Official documents (Passports: 3 times
– ID: 3 times
– etc.): 3 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 2 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 2 times
– The breach concerns other data: 2 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 2 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 1 time
– Hacking: 8 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 8 times
– Lost or stolen equipment: 3 times
– Other: 4 times

Conclusion

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