FOI Number of data breaches reported 2018-2022 (0788-2022/23)

Request

Q1. The number of data breaches reported to your force data protection officer, or equivalent, for each of the following years:

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 
 
Please provide a breakdown for each year including:

Q2. the month/year of the breach

 

Response
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

Q1. Please see below for the details of the data breaches, broken down by year.

2018 – 68 (since May 2018, when criteria for personal data breaches was enforced by the law)
2019 – 138
2020 – 266
2021 – 245
2022 – 490 (until 30th November 2022)

Q2. The breakdown of incidents between 2018-2020 would take hours to reviews as this is kept in a different format/legacy system and isn’t as easily obtainable. I have provided you with the breakdown for 2021 and 2022.

	2021	2022
January	36	18
February	16	24
March	24	33
April	10	54
May	12	56
June	30	49
July	23	57
August	23	66
September	15	59
October	24	61
November	16	13
December	16
Total	245	490

 

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.