Extract from Michael Bahar, Pooja Kohli and Rachel May’s article “Planning for the Regulation and Enforcement of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Advanced Technologies In 2025”
While change is a constant in the privacy, security and technology arena, 2025 is poised to be a landmark year. New technologies will continue to radiate through the economy — and our lives — while the new Trump Administration is likely to emphasize innovation over protection, reward maximization over risk minimization, and incentivizing over enforcing.
But Newton’s third law, transposed to the political realm, suggests that U.S. states will meet any efforts to deprioritize enforcement, regulation, and risk mitigation with equal and opposite force. States like California, New York and Colorado will likely rush in to fill in any perceived gaps in federal privacy enforcement and the regulation of advanced technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Overseas regulators are also unlikely to let up on privacy, cybersecurity, and advanced technology regulation and enforcement, particularly in the name of resiliency against a destabilizing geopolitical environment and an increase in natural disasters.
In addition, U.S. federal regulators are all but certain to prioritize regulation and enforcement when privacy, cybersecurity, and advanced technologies intersect with national security.
