Originally published in NAVEX Global's Top 10 Risk & Compliance Trends for 2021 eBook. You can download the full eBook here. When it comes to data privacy law, change is the only constant. The global pandemic unleashed a new set of risks related to data privacy that companies will have to confront in 2021. But despite the COVID chaos, data privacy regulations around the world are becoming more strict, more prolific, and more stringently enforced. In the coming year, we predict that organizations, especially those with global operations, may find that a single, comprehensive approach to data privacy in order to operate in this increasingly complex environment, the better and most risk-averse approach.