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The Data Chronicles · Dec 18, 2025 · 48 min

2025 wrapped and 2026 predictions

In our annual “Look Back, Look Forward” edition of The Data Chronicles, Scott Loughlin and Eduardo Ustaran, co-leads of Hogan Lovells’ Global Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, reflect on the most important developments in privacy, cybersecurity, and data regulation in 2025 and share their outlook for 2026. It has become the most popular episode of the year, drawing strong interest from listeners across regions and sectors. The conversation covers the global impact of artificial intelligence, evolving regulatory priorities in the UK, EU, and US, and the ongoing balance between innovation and regulation. Topics include potential GDPR reform, biometrics and age verification, geopolitics and data protection, international data transfers, and the growing focus on AI governance and children’s data.

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In our annual “Look Back, Look Forward” edition of The Data Chronicles, Scott Loughlin and Eduardo Ustaran, co-leads of Hogan Lovells’ Global Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, reflect on the most important developments in privacy, cybersecurity, and data regulation in 2025 and share their outlook for 2026. It has become the most popular episode of the year, drawing strong interest from listeners across regions and sectors.

 

The conversation covers the global impact of artificial intelligence, evolving regulatory priorities in the UK, EU, and US, and the ongoing balance between innovation and regulation. Topics include potential GDPR reform, biometrics and age verification, geopolitics and data protection, international data transfers, and the growing focus on AI governance and children’s data.