Source methodology

Implemented official source

Netherlands AP data breach statistics

One attributed annual aggregate for a source-defined notification, cause, or incident-type dimension

Reviewed annual figures for 2024 and 2025 in the regulator's July 2026 publication.

Regulator
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Reporting scheme
GDPR personal data breach notifications
Publication level
National Aggregate
Coverage type
Aggregate Reporting Periods
Reporting threshold
The figures concern personal data breach notifications received by Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens under the GDPR reporting framework.
Source population
Notifications received by Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and included in its annual published figures; this is not a census of all breaches in the Netherlands.
Licence state
No explicit open-data licence was identified on the reviewed publication. Breach Gazette retains only attributed factual aggregate values and does not reproduce source prose or documents.
Rights boundary reviewed
26 July 2026
Redistribution decision
Approved With Conditions
Automated health
Healthy
Snapshot completeness
Complete
Update checkpoint
Complete
Reviewed record floor
5
Accepted records
5
Rejected records
0
Bounded retrieval limit
10
Source revision
ap-datalekken-2025:26958b6c419fe53f
Snapshot checksum
26958b6c419fe53fa2ca8ae00c6a34e3212973204152e65bd51a38aa213bcb96
Latest update attempt
7 Sept 2026
Last successful update
7 Sept 2026

Limitations

  • Notification counts are not automatically unique real-world incidents.
  • Cyberattack and account-takeover figures describe source-defined dimensions and must not be summed with the annual total or each other.
  • The regulator may revise the published figures.
  • No notifying or affected organizations are identified by these aggregate records.
  • Only factual aggregate values are retained because no explicit open-data licence was identified.

Correction process

Check the current official publication, retain annual notification semantics, and do not treat cause or incident-type dimensions as additive totals.

Attribution

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens