Nursery World - Data breach solicitor: 'Why are there so many data breaches in the education sector?'

Richard Forrest at UK data breach solicitors, Hayes Connor, explores why the education sector is the second worst offender for data breaches in the UK.

Richard Forrest: 'Hackers are more likely to target educational and childcare settings over other institutions'

In our recent study of the ICO Security Report, we discovered that the education and childcare sector is the second worst offender for data breaches in the UK, accounting for almost 1 in 7 cases since 2019, making up 14 per cent of data breaches since the start of the ICO’s records.

Part of the 2018 GDPR regulations require businesses to report a data breach within 72 hours. Failure to notify a breach when required to do so can result in a significant fine of up to £8.7m, or 2 per cent of your global turnover. Rather concerningly, in the education and childcare sector, it’s taking over 72 hours to report 30 per cent of their data breaches. This is leaving our education system vulnerable to large fines.

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