GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – October 2021

Introduction

In 2021-10, 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: 52 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 45 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 44 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 33 times
– Human health and social action: 31 times
– Information and communication: 16 times
– Teaching: 15 times
– Transportation and storage: 14 times
– Manufacturing industry: 10 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 8 times
– Other service activities: 7 times
– Real estate activities: 7 times
– Accommodation and catering: 4 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 2 times
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 2 times
– Construction: 2 times

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 248 times
– Loss of availability: 83 times
– Loss of integrity: 52 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 51 and 300 people: 66 times
– Between 0 and 5 people: 66 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 55 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 54 times
– More than 5000 people: 51 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 225 times
– gender: 225 times
– date of birth: 225 times
– age...): 225 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 56 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 228 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 228 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 82 times
– password: 82 times
– customer number...): 82 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 95 times
– credit card number: 95 times
– bank details): 95 times
– economical: 95 times
– Official documents (Passports: 50 times
– ID: 50 times
– etc.): 50 times
– Data relating to offenses: 18 times
– convictions: 18 times
– security measures: 18 times
– The breach concerns other data: 65 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 44 times
– Location data: 16 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hack: 131 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 131 times
– Other: 55 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 34 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 38 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 29 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 14 times
– Lost paper: 11 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 11 times
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 2 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 5 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 3 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time

Conclusion

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