There are many ways that sensitive information can be lost, and a personal data breach can happen as a result.

Severe personal data breaches can mean that private information becomes public knowledge.

If you’ve ever had a spam message which mentions your private information, they might have got it from a personal data breach.

This is why we have laws like the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, to put power back in the hands of the people whose data is being handled.

GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation. It tells people what they can do with personal data.