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France Travail and Cap Emploi user data exposed in March 2024 breach

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The March 2024 breach exposed personal data from France Travail and Cap Emploi, creating privacy and identity-theft risk for up to 43 million potential users. The exposed records included names, social security numbers, dates of birth, user IDs, email and postal addresses, and phone numbers. The exposure was significant because the compromised data set was broad enough to support downstream misuse even though complete France Travail files and healthcare data were not accessed.

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First: 29.01.2026 18:30 Last: 29.01.2026 18:30 Sources 1

How related: In a public statement on January 29, 2026, France’s data protection regulator, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), said it issued sanctions against France Travail following an investigation into the data breach.

About this happening: France’s **CNIL** fined **France Travail** **€5m** and ordered corrective measures after finding GDPR security failures that exposed personal data for an estimated **43 million jo...

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  1. 29.01.2026 18:30 2 articles · 3mo ago

    CNIL fines France Travail after March 2024 personal data breach

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    France Travail’s March 2024 breach of its IT systems and Cap Emploi systems exposed names, social security numbers, dates of birth, user IDs, email and postal addresses, and phone numbers for France Travail and Cap Emploi users, affecting an estimated 43 million potential users. On January 22, 2026, CNIL concluded its GDPR investigation and found inadequate security controls, weak authentication for Cap Emploi advisors, poor logging and monitoring, and overly broad access permissions, then on January 29, 2026 issued a €5m fine and ordered France Travail to provide evidence of corrective measures on a strict timeline.

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