145 AI-related laws were enacted by state legislatures in 2025, and more than 1,000 additional bills were introduced or revised, according to DataGrail’s Privacy and AI Trends Report 2026. Average cost of manual data subject request management (Source: DataGrail) Shadow AI risks Of the 2,400 popular business software providers that advertised AI capabilities, 63.6% did not disclose third-party AI subprocessors in their legal documentation, exposing businesses to shadow AI risks they may not be aware … More → The post 145 AI laws passed in 2025 and privacy teams aren’t catching a break appeared first on Help Net Security .