Membership and outcomes

The 2025 G7 DPA Roundtable, hosted by Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne, was the fifth roundtable gathering of G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities. The Roundtable took place in Canada’s National Capital Region in 2025.

Commissioner Dufresne also hosted a virtual meeting of the G7 DPA Roundtable on December 9-10, 2025, bringing together the G7 DPAs to reflect on their collective progress. During the meeting, the Commissioner highlighted the significant accomplishments achieved in advancing the 2025 Action Plan. The meeting emphasized the collaborative efforts to promote common global data protection standards, enhance cross-border cooperation, and foster responsible innovation that safeguards privacy and reinforces trust. The meeting served as a milestone to reaffirm the Roundtable’s shared commitment to delivering on its strategic priorities and ensuring meaningful outcomes for individuals and organizations worldwide.

The Roundtable meeting also led to the adoption of the Action Plan for 2026, setting the stage for the next phase of collaboration under the leadership of Marie-Laure Denis, President of the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) of France.

Outcomes

• News release: Commissioner Dufresne concludes G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable following successful year of collaboration
• Action plan: 2026 G7 DPA Action Plan
• Position paper: Data free flow with trust (DFFT)
• Statement: Promoting Responsible Innovation and Protecting Children by Prioritizing Privacy
• Communiqué: Championing privacy in a digital age: Collective action today for a trusted tomorrow
• News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada hosts successful meetings of G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable

The 2024 G7 DPA Roundtable was hosted by the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (the Italian Data Protection Authority) in October 2024. G7 data protection and privacy authorities agreed that, as many AI technologies such as generative AI, are based on the processing of personal data, the need to protect privacy is “more critical than ever.”

Outcomes

• Statement: The Role of Data Protection Authorities in Fostering Trustworthy AI
• Statement: AI and Children
• Communiqué: Privacy in the age of data
• Action Plan: 2025 G7 DPA Action Plan
• News release: Privacy Commissioner meet with G7 counterparts to advance global leadership on privacy protection

The 2023 G7 DPA Roundtable was hosted by the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan in June of 2023. Discussions focused on the development of the concept of Data Free Flow with Trust and its future operationalization, the enhancement of enforcement cooperation and the challenges of generative AI technologies from a data protection and privacy perspective.

Outcomes

• Statement: Generative AI
• Communiqué: Working toward operationalizing Data Free Flow with Trust and intensifying regulatory cooperation
• Action Plan: 2024 G7 DPA Action Plan

The 2022 G7 DPA Roundtable was hosted by the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) in September of 2022. Discussions focused on developments in the regulatory and technology landscape, on cross-border data flows and the prospects for international data spaces as an emerging approach to trusted and voluntary data sharing within and across organizations and sectors.

Outcomes

• Communiqué: Promoting Data Free Flow with Trust and knowledge sharing about the prospects for International Data Spaces