Inside the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025:
What UK Lawyers Need to Know
The pace of change in privacy law is accelerating — and lawyers are expected to stay a step ahead. That’s why MLex attended the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025 in Washington, DC — to bring you the most critical legal insights across privacy, AI and tech, straight from the world’s top policymakers, regulators and technologists.
Read on for highlights from our unrivalled coverage.
UK Data Bill on cookie consent may inspire EU in GDPR simplification plans
Matthew Newman
25 April 2025
The UK government’s draft Data Bill that may give platforms an exception to use third-party cookies for analytics and other website monitoring purposes without seeking users’ explicit consent could be an “inspiration” for EU lawmakers, a former UK government official told MLex. The EU is seeking to lessen the regulatory burden on small companies. Read more
Age-check tools shouldn't collect reams of minors' data, Irish watchdog says
Matthew Newman
24 April 2025
Age verification technologies can help companies ensure that minors stay off their platforms, but these tools shouldn’t collect vast amounts of children’s data to verify their ages, a commissioner at Ireland’s privacy watchdog said today. Age assurance methods — which include age verification, age estimation or a combination of both — are currently under scrutiny by regulators in the EU, UK and US. Read more
Irish probe into TikTok’s data transfers to China expected in 'coming weeks'
Matthew Newman
24 April 2025
TikTok owner ByteDance will face a potential fine as soon as next week from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission following an investigation into possible transfers of users’ data to China, a commissioner at the authority told MLex. A decision would come after increased scrutiny of TikTok. In January, advocacy group NOYB filed complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi for alleged unlawful data transfers to China. Read more
EU AI Act hasn’t had a ‘Brussels effect,’ eBay privacy chief says
Emma Whitford
23 April 2025
The European Union’s AI Act has not proven to be another example of the “Brussels effect,” in which an EU regulation becomes the global standard, so global tech companies must tailor their artificial intelligence compliance plans by country and region, eBay’s chief privacy officer said today. Read more
Google disappoints UK watchdog with end to plan for third-party cookie prompt
Matthew Newman
23 April 2025
Google’s decision to abandon a stand-alone prompt for third-party cookies in Chrome is a “bitter disappointment” for the UK’s privacy watchdog, a UK official told MLex today. Google's announcement comes when the company faces regulatory scrutiny in the US. Google and the US government this week began a projected three-week antitrust trial. The US DOJ has said Google should be made to divest its Chrome browser and forced to keep away from the browser market for the next five years. Read more
Regulation-averse ‘vibe’ could lead to ‘bad things,’ ZoomInfo AI head says
Emma Whitford
23 April 2025
The current “vibe” in the United States, United Kingdom and even the European Union appears to be one of relative hesitancy toward new regulation and this may leave governments on the backfoot as agentic artificial intelligence advances, ZoomInfo’s chief strategist for privacy and artificial intelligence told MLex. Read more
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