Over 3,200 GDPR breaches logged

More than 3,200 breaches of data have been reported to the Data Protection Commission in the seven months since the most comprehensive ever overhaul of EU privacy laws was introduced.

The watchdog said of the 3,609 breaches reported to the office since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25, 3,202 related to the new EU law, while 407 will be dealt with under different legislation.