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]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2023
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]
View answerThe 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 |