The ICO received 38,514 data protection complaints in 2019-2020 and 6,367 freedom of information complaints. Of the data protection complaints, 39% related to subject access requests.
Regulatory action was taken 236 times, including 54 information notices, 8 assessment notices, 7 enforcement notices, 4 cautions, 15 fines and 8 prosecutions.
The health sector was responsible for nearly 20% of all personal data breach complaints, followed by general businesses with 17.16%, the education sector with 14%, the finance, insurance, and credit sector with 10%, local government with 8.63%, the legal sector with 8.57%, and the retail sector with 5.39%.
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