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France sees boom in personal data breaches in 2021

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Dissent

By Mathieu Pollet, translated by Daniel Eck:

France has hit an all-time record in notifications of personal data breaches, up 79% from 2020, the latest report of the country’s data protection supervisor CNIL has found. EURACTIV France reports.

Over the past year, CNIL received 5,037 notifications of personal data breaches – about 14 notifications per day – a 79% increase compared to the year before.

Read more at Euractiv.

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