Digital Law Predictions for 2026: AI Governance, GDPR, Cybersecurity & Crypto

In this episode of Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio, Technology & Data Lawyer at DLA Piper, hosts a roundtable with DLA Piper colleagues to share their predictions on the legal developments that will most impact digital business in 2026.Rather than looking at regulation in isolation, the discussion focuses on how EU digital rules will increasingly converge in practice, and what companies should expect as enforcement, supervision, and accountability intensify.🎙️ Predictions from the roundtable speakers:Vincenzo Giuffré on cloud computing and digital transformation Predictions on cloud contract risk allocation, Data Act portability, ACN certification for Italian public entities, and continued uncertainty around EU–US data transfers.Tommaso Ricci on artificial intelligence Why 2026 will be the year when internal AI governance frameworks become unavoidable as AI systems move from experimentation to operations.Roxana Smeria on data protection and GDPR Expected enforcement trends, AI training scrutiny, and how the debate on legitimate interest will shape compliance strategies.Federico Toscani on cybersecurity Why cyber incidents under GDPR, NIS2 and DORA will increasingly trigger top-management accountability, with stricter Italian incident reporting expectations.Giulio Napolitano on crypto and payments How MiCA, stablecoins, crypto payments and the interaction with PSD3 will push crypto further into the realm of regulated financial infrastructure.The key prediction for 2026: Companies will no longer be assessed on compliance in silos. Success will depend on how well they integrate AI, data protection, cybersecurity, cloud and payments regulation into a coherent governance model.📩 Share your views or suggest future topics: [email protected] 🔔 Follow Diritto al Digitale on your favorite podcast platform ⭐ If you found this episode useful, please leave a rating or reviewIf you want, I can also:Turn this into a “Top 5 predictions for 2026” executive-style descriptionShorten it for Spotify’s mobile previewAlign it word-for-word with the YouTube description for cross-platform consistencySend us Fan Mail📌 You can find our contacts 👉 www.dlapiper.com