Data Protection Top 10
This annual publication dives into some of the hot topics for 2025 and beyond as well as discusses the most important developments to look out for in the ever-changing world of data protection.
Welcome to the Data Protection Top 10!
Join us on Wednesday 7 October 2026 for our annual Data Protection Top 10 seminar, where we’ll count down the developments shaping data protection and digital regulation, and discuss what organisations should be doing now to stay ahead.
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Data protection Top 10 2025
Last year, we served up a mix of data protection developments with a dash of mischief and a pinch of scepticism as we watched Trump ramp up calls for greater deregulation and ‘freedom’ from red tape to promote AI and growth. But at what cost to privacy and accountability? Would European governments listen? What about data protection authorities? How would they react to the formidable challenges to data protection presented by agentic AI—those unnervingly clever systems that didn’t just process data, but made decisions. What happened when your data was in the hands of a machine that thought it knew best? The robots were coming, it seemed, and a thrilling if slightly terrifying ride lay ahead.
Meanwhile, though not formally part of our Top Ten, we also included a summary of the proposed changes to UK data protection law. It seemed like there was always more for a data protection lawyer to do, didn’t it?
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2025 Recordings
The recordings from the event are available via our Data Protection Top 10 2025 YouTube playlist.
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Previous editions
Our annual data protection publication launched in 2015. For your ease of reference, the previous four editions are below however, should you wish to read, earlier issues then please contact us.
