GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – May 2022

Introduction

In 2022-05, 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:
– Public administration: 36 times
– Human health and social action: 30 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 26 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 25 times
– Information and communication: 17 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 15 times
– Manufacturing industry: 13 times
– Other service activities: 12 times
– Teaching: 10 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 6 times
– Real estate activities: 6 times
– Transportation and storage: 5 times
– Accommodation and catering: 3 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 1 time
– Construction: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 181 times
– Loss of availability: 46 times
– Loss of integrity: 29 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 57 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 55 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 41 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 37 times
– More than 5000 people: 19 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 27 times
– Marital status (eg: name: 149 times
– gender: 149 times
– date of birth: 149 times
– age...): 149 times
– The breach concerns other data: 35 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 155 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 155 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 57 times
– password: 57 times
– customer number...): 57 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 60 times
– credit card number: 60 times
– bank details): 60 times
– economical: 60 times
– Official documents (Passports: 26 times
– ID: 26 times
– etc.): 26 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 31 times
– Data relating to offenses: 11 times
– convictions: 11 times
– security measures: 11 times
– Location data: 15 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Other: 32 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 29 times
– Hacking: 89 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 89 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 24 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 33 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 16 times
– Lost paper: 7 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 7 times
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 1 time
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 1 time
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 2 times

Conclusion

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