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."
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.