Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2023
345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of data breaches experienced by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42375/23]
View answerThe number of data breaches recorded by my Department from when it was established in its current configuration in September 2020 to date is set out in the table below.
I am advised that the majority of breaches were deemed to be of of zero or low risk, and were therefore not required to be reported to the Data Protection Commission. These were managed internally with steps taken to ensure that similar breaches would not reoccur.
I am further advised that the data breach that was referred to the Data Protection Commission was quickly resolved to the satisfaction of that office.
|
Year |
Number of Breaches |
Number of Breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission |
|
2023 |
4 |
1 |
|
2022 |
9 |
0 |
|
2021 |
5 |
0 |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
