Cybersecurity and data privacy
2025 Annual Litigation Trends Survey
Canada | Publication | January 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2025 Annual Litigation Trends Survey indicates that cybersecurity and data privacy issues continue to be a challenge for organizations amid escalating cyberattacks, growing disclosure burdens and uncertainty stemming from AI tools.
More than a third (36%) of respondents say their organizations were more exposed to cybersecurity and data privacy disputes over the past 12 months – the greatest increase in any dispute category for the second year in a row. A greater share of respondents in Canada predict increased cybersecurity and data privacy dispute risk compared to their US counterparts (43% versus 31%, respectively).
The increase in dispute risk is a significant concern for technology respondents as well, with approximately half (49%) saying their exposure deepened over the last year. Major technology companies have faced backlash and legal action due to data privacy concerns involving AI training data, including those around feeding personal and copyrighted data into proprietary AI systems for training purposes.
Navigating the shifting patchwork of data privacy regulations is also a challenge. More than half (58%) of these respondents also said compliance with evolving cybersecurity and data privacy regulations and requirements is an issue that could heighten their exposure in the coming year, compared to just 43% who said the same in 2024.
Key findings
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