The ever-evolving data privacy landscape continues to become more complex as new developments play out on the global stage. In the United States, a number of individual state laws have come into force, with more following in close step, and a new focus is emerging in health data protection. Across the pond, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework became effective and the UK government introduced a new draft of the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. China and the Middle East’s approach to privacy continues to focus on cross-border data transfers and adaptations to new technologies, with the Gulf Cooperation Council region attaching significant penalties and enforcement actions in response to violations of the law.