In this special 2025 Wrapped edition of the Data Protection Made Easy podcast, Caine Glancy and Catarina Santos count down the top five most listened episodes of the year and unpack what they tell us about the real challenges facing DPOs and privacy teams. From the ethics of employee monitoring in an AI and hybrid working world, to what it really takes to stand out as a DPO, through to the Data Protection and Digital Information Act, adequacy worries, a surge in SARs and the thorny world of employee and ex employee requests, the hosts revisit their early predictions, share what changed through 2025, and look ahead to a busy 2026 that will include STAIRS, new complaints procedures, and more pressure on organisations to prove they can balance risk, rights and business needs.