Navigating privacy and cybersecurity laws in 2026 will prove difficult

Keeping up with new privacy and cybersecurity laws has proven to be challenging for enterprises, particularly because they struggle to understand which laws even apply to them. That trend will continue into 2026. 

Technology advances faster each year. Artificial intelligence (AI) complicated matters further by expanding data and privacy concerns with increased third-party risks. New tools introduced data collection and sharing challenges, regulation complexities, and different attack vectors. 

As the world increasingly operates online, whether that’s with or without AI, updated laws and legislation try to reflect that to protect valuable data and individual privacy. In 2025, the Department of Justice announced compliance for a new Data Security Program, the Federal Trade Commission updated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the US Department of Health and Human Services proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. 

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