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Freshfields' report: Data Law Trends 2026

Oct 28 2025

Data law is a key area of focus for regulators, with new rules, stricter enforcement, and diverging approaches across jurisdictions. Our recently published Data Law Trends Report 2026 explores key developments that will impact your business, including:

  • The global surge in data privacy mass claims
  • Fractured global rulebooks for data, cyber, and AI
  • New challenges in handling young people’s data
  • Shifting rules for international data transfers
  • AI’s growing role in the boardroom
  • Regulatory convergence
  • Evolving standards for anonymization

The report is forward-looking and designed as your early warning system, trend-map and strategic briefing rolled into one.

Read it to get insights from our global team of over 100 data and tech experts on what’s coming, what matters and how your business can avoid risks and seize the opportunities that the 2026 data law landscape will offer.

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aiasia-pacificcyber securitydatadata protectione-commerceeu ai acteu digital markets acteu digital services acteu digital strategyeuropegdprglobalicoinnovationinternet of thingslitigationonlinesafetyplatformspolitical changeregulatoryregulatory frameworktech media and telecomsukus

Authors

London

Giles Pratt

Global Head of IP/Data Practice, Global Co-Head of AI
Düsseldorf

Christoph Werkmeister

Global Co-Head of Data & Technology

Co-Authors

London

Adam Gillert

Global Data Knowledge Lawyer
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