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 2024 were reported in the Netherlands, a total of around 139,625. The Netherlands ranked second, with more than 137,669 personal data breach notifications.
Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to January 2024, by country
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 17, 2024). Total number of personal data breaches in Europe from 25 May 2018 to January 2024, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1203667/total-personal-data-breaches-europe/
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