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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Global Relay

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Recent Statistics & Reports

33% more firms are capturing social channels, particularly TikTok data, following over $2 million in fines issued for SEC Marketing Rule violations in the last year.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsSocial channelsTikTok

There was a 36% year-on-year increase in the number of firms capturing WhatsApp communications, with 89% of those firms based in North America.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsWhatsAppNorth America

The number of firms capturing ChatGPT data increased by almost 3,000% from 2024 to 2025, with all of these firms located in North America.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsChatGPTNorth America

23% of firms captured communications from LinkedIn Personal Accounts and Microsoft Teams each.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsLinkedInMicrosoft Teams

The number of firms capturing Apple® Messages increased by 114% from 2024 to 2025.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsApple Messages

89% of Global Relay's sample accounts captured email communications, making it the most captured channel.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsEmail

The number of firms capturing data from TikTok increased by more than 2,000% year-on-year from 2024 to 2025.

11/16/2025
Communications channelsTikTok

There has been a near 20% drop in firms electing to ban channels since 2023.

6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

71.4% of EMEA respondents intend to introduce AI into compliance workflows in the next year.

6/5/2025
Financial ComplianceAI

56.3% of North American (NA) firms have no plans to introduce AI for compliance in the next twelve months.

6/5/2025
Financial ComplianceAI

50.6% of NA firms agree that banning communications channels, like WhatsApp and WeChat, is an effective compliance solution.

6/5/2025
Financial ComplianceNorth America

There has been an increase in firms enabling and monitoring channels of over 28% in the last two years.

6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

In 2024, 29.5% of respondents were struggling to get staff to stick to compliance policies. In 2023, 61.5% of respondents were struggling to get staff to stick to compliance policies

6/5/2025
Financial Compliance

Just 31.7% of EMEA-based firms agree that banning communications channels is an effective compliance solution.

6/5/2025
Financial ComplianceEMEA

56.3% of North American (NA) firms have no plans to introduce AI for compliance in the next twelve months.

6/5/2025
Financial ComplianceAI