CNIL Publishes Statistical Review of Data Breaches Since GDPR

Recently, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published a statistical review of personal data breaches during the first four months of the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (“GDPR”) entry into application.

Between May 25 and October 1, 2018, the CNIL received 742 notifications of personal data breaches that affected 33,727,384 individuals located in France or elsewhere. Of those, 695 notifications were related to confidentiality breaches.

Source: CNIL Publishes Statistical Review of Data Breaches Since Entry into Application of GDPR