UK government reported 500 personal data breaches to ICO in a year
Central government reported almost 500 personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the 2020 fiscal year, with one in ten requiring formal investigation and at least 10 incidents that have required the department in question to take remedial action.
During FY20, the regulator also received a collective tally of 1,006 data-breach reports from the local government sector. The overall number of reports filed across all sectors quadrupled following the introduction of GDPR, from 3,331 in 20178/18 to 13,840 the following year.
