GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – November 2022

Introduction

In 2022-11, 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: 47 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 33 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 31 times
– Human health and social action: 20 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 17 times
– Information and communication: 16 times
– Other service activities: 15 times
– Manufacturing industry: 14 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 11 times
– Teaching: 10 times
– Transportation and storage: 6 times
– Real estate activities: 6 times
– Construction: 5 times
– Accommodation and catering: 4 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 4 times

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 225 times
– Loss of availability: 53 times
– Loss of integrity: 34 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 66 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 57 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 42 times
– More than 5000 people: 41 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 33 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 159 times
– gender: 159 times
– date of birth: 159 times
– age...): 159 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 42 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 163 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 163 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 72 times
– credit card number: 72 times
– bank details): 72 times
– economical: 72 times
– Official documents (Passports: 40 times
– ID: 40 times
– etc.): 40 times
– The breach concerns other data: 66 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 76 times
– password: 76 times
– customer number...): 76 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 26 times
– Location data: 13 times
– Data relating to offenses: 9 times
– convictions: 9 times
– security measures: 9 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 119 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 119 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 1 time
– Other: 51 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 30 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 22 times
– Lost paper: 9 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 9 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 17 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 12 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time

Conclusion

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Data on notifications to the CNIL.