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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2023

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Questions (364)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [42369/23]

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Written answers

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. In January 2018, my Department appointed a Data Protection Officer as required under Article 37 GDPR and subsequently established a Data Protection Unit.

The table below sets out the number of data breaches recorded by my Department since the introduction of the GDPR. All breaches were dealt with in line with the Department’s Data Breach Management Policy and as required under Articles 33-34 of the GDPR.

Year

Number of Data Breaches Recorded

2018

0

2019

12

2020

7

2021

10

2022

19

2023

11

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