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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 May 2021

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Questions (426)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

426. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of data breaches suffered by his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26099/21]

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Written answers

My Department documents any personal data breaches that have occurred in the Department in accordance with its obligations under Article 33(5) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The table below provides the number of data breaches by year since the introduction of the GDPR on 25 May 2018 to date.  

Year

Total Breaches

2018

54

2019

124

2020

163

2021

22

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