Human Error Not Cybersecurity is Leading GDPR Data Breach Trend

Human error is the main data breach trend under the new GDPR regime not cybersecurity incidents according the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).

The DPC has detailed the data breach trends it has observed during the first year of GDPR and unauthorised disclosure tops the list accounting for 83 percent of all reported breaches.

During the first year of GDPR, beginning on the 25 of May 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission received 5,818 data breach notifications. The DPC notes that approximately 4 percent of all reported breaches were deemed to have not meet the definition of a ‘personal data breach’ when GDPR is applied.

Source: Human Error Not Cybersecurity is Leading GDPR Data Breach Trend