The Personal Data Protection Commission (PIPC) of South Korea hosted the 47th edition of the Global Privacy Assembly, the most important annual event in the field of data protection. The theme of this global forum was “Artificial Intelligence in Our Daily Lives – Data and Privacy Issues”. The event was attended by 130 countries from around the world.
The assembly addressed a wide range of issues related to the challenges of personal data and privacy in the era of artificial intelligence, and proposed the creation of a global governance framework for personal data and privacy in order to ensure that advances in artificial intelligence technology remain trustworthy.
At this global forum, the new chair of the Global Privacy Assembly, Canadian Commissioner Mr. Philippe Dufresne, was elected by vote, as were two new members of the Executive Committee, from the Georgian and Canadian Authorities, respectively.
During the open sessions on 16-17 September, expert discussions in various panels focused on the international transfer of data and the protection of children’s personal data in the context of artificial intelligence, as a need to strengthen international cooperation in addressing these issues. Also discussed were data reuse and the impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare and privacy services, legal services, artificial intelligence and privacy, etc.
On September 18-19, closed sessions were held, where a series of reports were discussed, the topics of which were:
Accreditation of new members and observers of the Global Privacy Assembly, capacity building for DPAs, the annual report from the Berlin Group (International Working Group on Data Protection in Technology), the report from the Council of Europe and the work of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108), the annual report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, the World Bank report, the Global Regulations, Institutional Arrangements and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit (GRIDMAP), as well as the report of the Global Forum on Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR).
The resolution presented by the Canadian authority on meaningful human oversight of decisions involving artificial intelligence systems, and the resolution on the collection, use and disclosure of personal data to pre-train, train and improve AI models, presented by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, were adopted.
Participants in this assembly had the opportunity to explore the evolution of new artificial intelligence technologies, as well as gain insight into the complex issues that these innovations bring.
This global forum also included case studies and best practices, thus encouraging global knowledge sharing and collaborative discussions.
