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<p>The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020 shows that 46% of businesses and 26% of
charities identified cyber breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. Of these, 1%
of businesses and 4% of charities had personal data altered, destroyed or taken. In
addition, 1% of businesses and charities which experienced a breach or attack said
they suffered lost or stolen assets, trade secrets or intellectual property, which
may include personal and non-personal data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through
the National Cyber Security Strategy, the Government is investing £1.9 billion to
help organisations stay secure and make the UK the safest place to live and work online.</p><p>As
part of the current cross-Government Cyber Aware campaign, the National Cyber Security
Centre recently launched a Suspicious Email Reporting Service to enable the public
to report suspicious emails and help prevent data theft.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We
have also strengthened our data protection legislation through the Data Protection
Act 2018. The Act includes criminal offences of unlawfully obtaining personal data
and/or re-identifying pseudonymised data. The legislation is enforced by the Information
Commissioner's Office who can - and do - bring prosecutions where appropriate.</p>
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