# Gîtes de France Data Breach

> In May 2026, French holiday rental network Gîtes de France suffered a data breach affecting some departmental branches, exposing around 118,000 unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, postal addresses, and booking details.

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## Key Facts

- Company: Gîtes de France
- Company domain: gites-de-france.com
- Reported by Breached: 2026-10-18
- Breach date: 2026-05-16
- People affected: 118K
- Severity: medium
- Exposed data types: Booking details, Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses


## Breach Detail

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## What happened

According to Have I Been Pwned, Gîtes de France — a French holiday rental network — experienced a data breach in May 2026. The incident affected some of its departmental branches and exposed hundreds of thousands of customer records.

## What was exposed

Reported by HIBP, the breach included approximately 118,000 unique email addresses, along with customers' names, phone numbers, postal addresses, and booking details.

## Who is affected

Customers of the affected departmental branches of Gîtes de France are impacted. Around 117,574 accounts were identified in the breach.

## What to do now

If you have made a booking through Gîtes de France, monitor your email and phone for phishing attempts or unsolicited contact, as your booking details and contact information may have been exposed. Be cautious of any messages claiming to be from Gîtes de France asking for further personal or payment information. Consider updating your password if you have an account on their platform.

## Sources

- [Gîtes de France breach record](https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#GitesDeFrance): HIBP; primary source; publisher: haveibeenpwned.com; confidence: 90/100; retrieved: 2026-10-18. Excerpt: Title: Gîtes de France Domain: gites-de-france.com Breach date: 2026-05-16 Disclosed (added): 2026-10-18T04:50:13Z Affected accounts: 117574 Exposed data: Booking details, Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses Description: In May 2026, the French holiday rent…

## Updates

- No case updates are currently published for this breach.

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