Privacy’s 2023: Gartner had previously estimated that 65% of the globe would have some form of personal data protection by 2023. This estimate has risen to 75% and is expected to come to fruition by the end of 2024. In the U.S., several additional privacy laws are lined up for 2023. These include the California Privacy Rights Act and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, which became fully enforceable on Jan. 1; the Colorado Privacy Act and Connecticut Data Privacy Act, which will be fully operative by July 1; and the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, which will take effect on Dec. 31. Four additional U.S. states also have active bills expected to progress or be signed in 2023: New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Privacy coins are seeing a resurgence in the broader cryptocurrency market, just as the notion of privacy and why it is important for those in crypto are once again coming into the forefront of the debate surrounding crypto and blockchain.