On 20 February 2020, Ireland’s data protection supervisory authority, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), published its annual report for 2019 (Report). The Report is the second report under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is the first report based on a full calendar year under the GDPR.
2019 statistics
The Report reveals 2019 has been an exceptionally busy year for the DPC. It contains a number of interesting statistics, in particular:
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Complaints: 7,215 complaints received; 75% increase from 2018; 29% in “access rights” category; 5,496 complaints concluded, and 457 cross-border processing complaints received through the One-Stop Shop mechanism
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Breaches: 6,069 valid data breach notifications received; 71% increase from 2018 and 83% related to unauthorised disclosures
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Inquiries: 70 inquiries as of 31 December 2019; 21 cross-border inquiries, and 49 domestic inquiries
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Direct marketing: 165 new complaints investigated; 77 related to email marketing; 81 related to SMS marketing; seven related to telephone marketing,
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