According to InfoWatch, the number of personal data leaks in the world decreased by 28.1% over the year. In Russia this figure decreased by 40%.

Over the past year, analysts recorded 1729 cases of confidential information leakage from business companies, government organizations and authorities throughout the world. In 2020, 2406 cases were recorded. In 2021, 8.42 billion records of personal and payment data were disclosed, which is 28.8% less than in 2020, when the number of leaked records amounted to more than 11.8 billion.

According to the company’s estimates, the United States of America ranks first in the world in terms of the number of leaks (42% of incidents). Russia ranks second (16.8% of incidents), the UK ranks third (4.9% of incidents).

On April 5, it was announced that an initiative to introduce turnover-based fines for businesses for personal data leaks would be submitted to the State Duma by the Ministry of Digital Development and Roskomnadzor.

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