Breaches allows inspector for registering cases of breaches in personal data protection and generate a printout containing information on the registered breach.
Breaches are available from the level of the menu CRM → Records of processing activities and breaches → tab Breaches. Selecting the button [Add] opens a breach details form which is composed of the following sections:
The header contains basic information regarding breach, such us:
- Protection Officer – a field opening the list of customers/vendors/employees in the selection mode. By default, a protection officer selected in Processing activity records is retrieved. The field is mandatory.
- Number of records concerned – a numeric field specifying the number of data records in connection to which a breach has been registered
- Date of Breach – the date of a breach in personal data protection; it can be later than neither the notification date, nor the current date
- Breach reported – this parameter is deselected by default; once it is selected, the user is enabled to fill in details relevant for the report
- Notification Date – a date presented upon selecting the parameter Breach reported; it cannot be later than the date of breach. By default, it retrieves the current date.
Tab General contains text fields, in which the operator can describe breach details, such us:
- Nature of personal data breach
- Category and approximate number of data subjects concerned
- Likely consequences of personal data breach
- Measures taken/proposed to be taken to address the breach or to mitigate its adverse effects
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Additionally, if the parameter Breach reported has not been selected, the tab presents another field, Reason for failure to notify a breach