Data Breach FAQs
It is a confirmed incident where sensitive, confidential, or private data has been accessed or disclosed to unauthorised people.
GDPR classify a data breach as “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed”.
There are lots of measures you can put in place to reduce the risk to your business of having a data breach.
If you are particularly concerned about a potential breach you can also employ an external company to assist you, although this can be quite expensive.
For a detailed look at the measures you can take read our cyber security and data breach prevention guide.
If you deliberately hide a data breach there can be serious repercussions, including fines of up to 10 million euros or 2% of your business turnover, whichever is greatest.
If a data breach is caused intentionally or by negligence, then it may not be covered by your cyber insurance policy.
Yes, data breaches are becoming more and more common and many of the leading companies in the UK have suffered data breaches in recent years, including TalkTalk, Virgin Media, and Dixons Carphone Warehouse.
It is a confirmed incident where sensitive, confidential, or private data has been accessed or disclosed to unauthorised people.
GDPR classify a data breach as “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed”.
There are lots of measures you can put in place to reduce the risk to your business of having a data breach.
If you are particularly concerned about a potential breach you can also employ an external company to assist you, although this can be quite expensive.
For a detailed look at the measures you can take read our cyber security and data breach prevention guide.
If you deliberately hide a data breach there can be serious repercussions, including fines of up to 10 million euros or 2% of your business turnover, whichever is greatest.
If a data breach is caused intentionally or by negligence, then it may not be covered by your cyber insurance policy.
Yes, data breaches are becoming more and more common and many of the leading companies in the UK have suffered data breaches in recent years, including TalkTalk, Virgin Media, and Dixons Carphone Warehouse.