Data Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Questions (1559)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

1559. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33838/20]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department recorded fifty data breaches in the year 2019.

All of these breaches were reported to the Irish Data Protection Commission, as required under Article 33 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).