Watchdog notified of over 6,600 data security breaches last year

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said 'GDPR must be understood as a project for the now, but equally for the longer term'. Picture: Data Protection Commission/PA Wire

More than 6,600 data security breaches were notified last year, the State's data watchdog has said.

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said that the most frequent cause of breaches was unauthorised disclosure, which accounted for 86% of cases.