GPA Signs Joint AI Declaration on Data Protection in Seoul
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The Global Privacy Assembly held its 47th annual conference in Seoul in mid-September 2025, themed 'Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives: Data and Privacy Issues.' The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) signed a joint declaration alongside South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), France's CNIL, and other delegations, committing to advocate for trustworthy AI regulation balancing innovation and data protection. BfDI and PIPC jointly led the first GPA 'Network of Networks' meeting, convening regional data protection networks from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia to exchange experiences on common topics.
“In today's society, artificial intelligence contributes to significant technological advances and the further digitalization of our lives.”
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The Global Privacy Assembly signed a joint declaration on AI governance at its 47th annual conference in Seoul. The declaration commits signatory data protection authorities—including BfDI, South Korea's PIPC, and France's CNIL—to advocate for trustworthy AI regulation that balances innovation-friendliness with sustainable data protection guarantees, acknowledging that AI applications are often associated with cross-border data flows.
For compliance officers, this declaration signals the direction of international data protection policy on AI: supervisors are pooling expertise and signalling that future AI oversight will emphasise cross-border cooperation. While the declaration itself is non-binding, it reflects the GPA's intent to harmonise regulatory expectations across jurisdictions. Multinational organisations deploying AI should anticipate that data protection authorities in signatory countries may increasingly coordinate enforcement and guidance on AI applications involving cross-border data flows.
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Global Privacy Assembly: BfDI signs agreement to regulate AI
Date 2025.10.01
The 47th annual conference of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) took place in Seoul in mid-September. The conference's theme was "Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives: Data and Privacy Issues."
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In order to strengthen international cooperation among supervisory authorities, the Deputy Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information signed a joint declaration with the host, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) of South Korea, and the French data protection supervisory authority, the Commission Nationale de L'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), as well as with other delegations. The signatory authorities stated their commitment to advocate for a trustworthy regulation of artificial intelligence applications, keeping in mind aspects of innovation-friendliness and sustainable data protection guarantees.
In today's society, artificial intelligence contributes to significant technological advances and the further digitalization of our lives. Such applications are often associated with cross-border data flows. Networking and pooling of expertise among data protection supervisory authorities at the international level is necessary to promote trustworthy, innovative applications in the field of artificial intelligence, said Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).
For the first time, within the framework of the GPA, a meeting in the new “Network of Networks” format took place under the leadership of BfDI and PIPC, in which regional data protection networks from Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia had the opportunity to start an exchange of experiences on common relevant topics.
The GPA meets annually and currently has over 130 members from all over the world. It is the largest international association of data protection authorities. Members discuss globally relevant data protection policy and law issues.
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