The 2025 global privacy and data regulatory landscape
Learn about the 2025 privacy regulatory landscape, where new state and international laws are reshaping compliance requirements for enterprises operating at scale.

The 2025 Global Privacy and Data Protection Regulatory Landscape
As data privacy laws multiply across U.S. states and international jurisdictions, enterprises face growing complexity in meeting compliance obligations. In this whitepaper, Ethyca outlines the most impactful new regulations taking effect in 2025 and 2026, with a focus on lesser-known provisions that carry significant operational risk.
You’ll gain insight into how laws like the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, the EU AI Act, and California’s AB 1008 introduce novel requirements for consent, profiling transparency, and sensitive data classification. The guide also explores the uncertain future of federal legislation and what legal and technical teams must do now to prepare for divergent state-level enforcement.
Whether you’re scaling a privacy program or refining global compliance workflows, this whitepaper offers practical guidance to help your organization adapt with confidence.
Michael Brown
Michael leads product development for Ethyca’s privacy infrastructure, including Helios and the Fides open-source platform. With a background in systems architecture and developer experience, he focuses on building tools that bring real-time observability and automation to enterprise privacy operations. His work bridges the gap between compliance and engineering, enabling teams to manage data responsibly without slowing down innovation.
CEO & Founder, EthycaCillian Kieran
As founder of Ethyca, Cillian is pioneering automated approaches to data privacy and governance. His work with global enterprises like Heineken, Sony, and Dell has shaped Ethyca's mission to make privacy engineering accessible and scalable. Under his leadership, Ethyca has developed breakthrough open-source privacy tools that help organizations automate compliance and build user trust programmatically.
Learn how privacy, legal, and engineering teams are preparing for 2025’s most consequential data regulations, from the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act to the EU AI Act. This whitepaper offers a practical guide to navigating jurisdiction-specific risks, implementing scalable compliance workflows, and future-proofing your data governance strategy.
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– Ethyca
Congratulations are in order it seems - you're officially part of the 0.01% who don't just take things at face value.
And since you're here, yes, we take privacy seriously too.
Stay curious, stay private.
– Ethyca
Congratulations are in order it seems - you're officially part of the 0.01% who don't just take things at face value.
And since you're here, yes, we take privacy seriously too.
Stay curious, stay private.
– Ethyca