Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe) gives our global data and cyber community an opportunity to highlight the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. Navigating the complex landscape of data and cyber regulation is an increasingly difficult challenge, and the stakes will be further raised in 2025, driven by ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, an explosion of new regulations, and continued technological evolution.
Our team has shared our 2025 Baker McKenzie “Top 10” Predictions on Global Data and Cybersecurity Risks, taking in geopolitical tensions, cyber risk, secular data trends, private sector litigation risk, AI regulation and governance, the necessity for holistic data risk assessment and governance, and new and developing data privacy and cybersecurity regimes across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.
We’ve also updated and expanded our Global Data and Cyber Handbook, which provides detailed overviews and allows a comparative perspective of the increasingly complex and sophisticated data privacy and cybersecurity standards in over 50 countries. In response to emerging trends, we have expanded the scope of the 2025 Handbook to include new content relating to AI, non-personal data, and trends in regulatory investigations and enforcement, ensuring that you are well-equipped to handle the evolving challenges in data and cybersecurity.
We wish you all a happy Data Privacy Day, and look forward to helping our clients navigate an exciting, challenging, and rewarding 2025.
