Netherlands:
DPA Reviews First Year Under Data Leaks Reporting Obligation Act
30 March 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On December 28, 2016, the DPA published an analysis (source document in Dutch) of data
breaches notified in 2016. Between January 1, 2016, and December
15, 2016, a total of 5,500 data breaches were notified to the DPA
under the Data Leaks Reporting Obligation Act. Most of the
notifications stem from the health care sector, financial sector,
and governmental organizations. The most common cause of data
breaches involved receipt by a person other than the intended
addressee of messages containing personal data and stolen or lost
USB flash drives and laptops.
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