FOI/202100204070 · FOI · unclear
Disclosure Scotland data protection breach statistics: FOI release
Information requested
1) A yearly (2018/2019/2020/2021) breakdown of the number of data protection breaches under GDPR recorded by the organisation since April 1, 2018. 2) A yearly breakdown of the number of data protection breaches under GDPR reported to the Information Commissioner's Office by the organisation since April 1, 2018. 3) For each year, please provide the number of data protection breaches which took longer than 72 hours to be reported to the ICO. 4) Please also provide a yearly breakdown of the number of each type of data protection breach, described as a ‘Confidentiality breach’ – where there is an unauthorised or accidental disclosure of, or access to, personal data; an ‘Availability breach’ – where there is an accidental or unauthorised loss of access to, or destruction of, personal data, which could be permanent or temporary; or an ‘Integrity breach’ – where there is an unauthorised or accidental alteration of personal data. as described by the Law Society of Scotland.
Response
1) A yearly (2018/2019/2020/2021) breakdown of the number of data protection breaches under GDPR recorded by the organisation since April 1, 2018.
Year Total 2018 16 2019 91 2020 82 2021* 20
*Until 11 May 2021, date of FOI request.
2) A yearly breakdown of the number of data protection breaches under GDPR reported to the Information Commissioner's Office by the organisation since April 1, 2018.
Year Reported to ICO 2018 4 2019 0 2020 2 2021* 1
*Until 11 May 2021, date of FOI request. 3) For each year, please provide the number of data protection breaches which took longer than 72 hours to be reported to the ICO. All data breaches notified to the ICO were reported within 72 hours. 4) Please also provide a yearly breakdown of the number of each type of data protection breach, described as a ‘Confidentiality breach’ – where there is an unauthorised or accidental disclosure of, or access to, personal data; an ‘Availability breach’ – where there is an accidental or unauthorised loss of access to, or destruction of, personal data, which could be permanent or temporary; or an ‘Integrity breach’ – where there is an unauthorised or accidental alteration of personal data. as described by the Law Society of Scotland.
2018 2019 2020 2021* Confidentiality Breach 14 81 70 17 Availability Breach 1 2 2 0 Integrity Breach 1 8 10 3
*Until 11 May 2021, date of FOI request. About FOI
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