Written answers

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Data Protection

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26096/21]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to personal data breaches under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). 

As the Deputy will be aware, the GDPR was introduced on 18th May 2018. 

Information on personal data breaches for my Department and the Offices under the aegis of my Department from this date to the current date in 2021 is set out in the following Table. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT (DETE) & OFFICES UNDER THE AEGIS OF DETE

YEAR No. of GDPR Personal Data Breaches – DETE No. of GDPR Personal Data Breaches – OFFICES under aegis of DETE
2018

(data recorded from 18/05/2018)
3
5
2019
6
24
2020
2
9
2021*

(data as at 13/05/2021)
1
4

The Offices under the aegis of the DETE are: (1) The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC); the Companies Registration Office (CRO); the Registry of Friendly Societies (RFS), the Register of Beneficial Ownership (RBO), the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI); the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and the Labour Court (LC).

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