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The best data privacy resources for 2025

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1/6/2025

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Thierry Maout

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Published  

January 6, 2025

by 

Thierry Maout

10 min read
Summary

Every January, we put together a comprehensive list of data privacy resources, articles, and materials to help you start the year on the right foot.

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This year, we have a particularly complete selection, giving you everything from essential readings on basic data privacy concepts to advanced guides, thought-provoking opinions, and webinars. Get your bookmarks ready!

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Data privacy 101: Essential concepts for 2025

Let's start with some basic reading on essential data privacy concepts you need to know about:

These cover a wide range of topics that are bound to come up again and again this year. Once you're familiar with these concepts, digging down specifically on consent management is a good next step.

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Consent Management Platforms (CMP): Where to get started?

These articles cover everything you need to know about consent management and consent management platforms:

Our Didomi CMP is a certified gold-tier Google partner, but to make sure it's the right fit for your specific needs, we put together a guide covering everything you should know before making a decision on your consent management provider. Download it for free on our website:

2025 CMP buyer's guide: How to select the right Consent Management Platform (CMP) for your business?

Managing regulatory compliance: Laws and frameworks

Compliance is an important aspect of the data privacy conversation, and we strive to help our readers, clients and partners see more clearly through the often confusing patchwork of regulations around the world. Here are some useful guides to bookmark.

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Data privacy laws around the world

In our country guides article series, we cover the various regulations and intricacies of data privacy laws globally. Some of the country topics we have covered over the years (so far) include:

Disclaimer: While we try to keep all our content up to date and revisit articles often, be mindful that some of our older articles might be in the process of being updated. Always double-check information and remember that our articles do not constitute legal advice.

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How to navigate data privacy in the United States?

If Europe has been leading the charge in terms of privacy regulation since GDPR, the U.S.has also become a vibrant player in the space, with a lot of activity and the possibility of a federal law always lurking around the corner.

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Our comprehensive guide to data privacy in the U.S. is updated regularly, and we have written about a number of state laws in details:

In addition to these law-focused guides, we have published about a lot of U.S.-centric topics to help you understand (and navigate) the unique patchwork that is U.S. data privacy:

We have recently released a significant update to our CMP to support for more regulations in the United States, along with extra features for organizations looking to comply in the U.S. To learn more, head to our guide (including an up-to-date map and tracker):

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Data privacy frameworks you should know about

Last but not least, the regulatory ecosystem wouldn't be what it is with frameworks and standardization efforts by various players that make it easier for organizations to comply. Some of the most important you should know are:

A good understanding of these initiatives will be critical to navigate your data privacy requirements. Note: Didomi integrates with each of them. Let us know if you have any questions.

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Data privacy deep dives: Advanced privacy topics and news

Now that we've covered the essentials as well as some compliance groundwork, let's look at some of the hot topics of privacy.

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Hot data privacy topics you should know about

Here are some of the most vibrant topics of the past years which are guaranteed to continue to spill ink in 2025 (more on that later in the article):

We share daily guides and data privacy news on social media, make sure to follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date with the latest hot topics.

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Deep dive in advanced data privacy topics

Beyond the news cycle, some topics are worth digging into if you want to explore data privacy further and deepen your understanding of the field. Some readings we recommend are:

Every year, we publish a thorough data privacy benchmark, showcasing proprietary insights on consent performance in different countries, environments, CMP configuration, and more. Check out our latest edition and stay tuned for the 2025 benchmark coming soon:

Hear from our clients with Didomi case studies

Who better to talk about sound consent management practices and how Didomi can help than our clients themselves? We have been lucky to build fruitful, lasting relationships with a number of our clients, across several industries, who were eager to share their experiences:

Tired of reading? Check out our video case study with ING Spain, one of the leading banking institutions in the country, where the team explains how they leveraged Didomi to build a comprehensive, unified consent strategy:

Learn from the experts: Opinions and insights from data privacy pros

Something we're particularly proud of at Didomi is our ability not only to have built a team of privacy experts and talents, but also to team up with other industry experts to share valuable perspectives and insights on current trends, challenges, and the future of data privacy. Some standout articles from last year you should read include:

One of the standout events of 2024, with plenty of insights and relevant discussion for 2025, was our discussion with Max Schrems on the future of user content. If you missed it, you can find the recording online:

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‍What's next? Data privacy topics to watch out for in 2025

Finally, our team has already started to cover what we believe will be the main topics for the upcoming year. If you must pick 6 articles from the whole post to get ready in 2025, read these:

On that last point, watch the following video to learn about server-side tagging from our Chief Privacy Officer, Thomas Adhumeau:

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Continue learning about data privacy in 2025

We hope you find this list of data privacy resources useful and will be able to leverage some of it in 2025. To continue learning about data privacy this year, you have several options:

Lastly, do you have a data privacy opinion or expertise to share? We're opening slots for blog contributors and are always eager to collaborate with talented data privacy professionals.

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