A new report from the Data Protection Commission has revealed a 70% increase in the total number of valid data security breaches last year.
The commission recorded 4,740 breaches, as against 2,795 recorded in 2017.
This is the first report detailing the work of the Irish data protection authority since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May last year.
Source: Data Protection Commission
The report also found that there were 4,113 complaints received in the 2018 calendar year – representing a 56% increase on the total number of complaints (2,642) in 2017.
There were also 136 cross-border processing complaints through a new One-Stop-Shop mechanism, lodged by individuals with other EU data protection authorities.
The commission also opened 31 own-volition inquiries into the surveillance of citizens by the State for law-enforcement purposes.
This surveillance was done through the use of
Article source: https://www.newstalk.com/news/surge-data-security-breaches-last-year-832213
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