The Data Protection Commission said there were 5,828 GDPR data breaches reported last year, down 12% on 2021.
AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA and the Fastway delivery firm are among the organisations that were reprimanded over data breaches, according to a watchdog’s annual report.
In the same month, the DPC adopted a decision on a personal data breach that Fastway Couriers had reported to the watchdog. “The decision found that Fastway infringed Article 32 of the GDPR by failing to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented by its processing of personal data.”
As of 31 December 2022, the DPC was pursuing 88 statutory inquiries, including 22 large-scale cross-border inquiries. Limerick council has taken corrective actions including obtaining Garda permission for more than 353 CCTV cameras, removing all automated number plate recognition technology and removing cameras that were focused on traveller accommodation sites.
The Commissioner for Data Protection Helen Dixon said that 2022 saw “significant outputs” from the organisation in its efforts to drive GDPR compliance and protect the people’s data rights.
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