Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Justice and Equality
Data Protection
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26103/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of all individuals and complies fully with data breach reporting requirements.
Personal data breach numbers recorded by my Department in each of the years 2017–2021 are outlined below.
Year | Number of Breaches Recorded |
---|---|
2021 (to May 12, 2021) | 51 |
2020 | 121 |
2019 | 131 |
2018 (from May 25, 2018 when GDPR came into effect) | 41 |
2018 (pre GDPR) | 5 |
2017 (pre GDPR) | 1 |
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