Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation Europe-wide on the 25th of May 2018, the highest number of personal data breaches as of January 2023 were reported in the Netherlands, a total of around 117,434. Germany ranked second, with more than 76,000 personal data breach notifications.
Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country
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The source adds the following information: "Not all the countries covered by this report make breach notification statistics publicly available, and many provided data for only
part of the period covered by this report. We have, therefore, had to extrapolate the data to cover the full period. It is also possible
that some of the breaches reported relate to the regime before GDPR."
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DLA Piper. (January 27, 2023). Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/
DLA Piper. "Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country." Chart. January 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/
DLA Piper. (2023). Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/
DLA Piper. "Total Number of Personal Data Breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/
DLA Piper, Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to 27 January 2023, by country [Graph], DLA Piper, January 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/