2025 Privacy Symposium – Youth privacy in a digital age

It is essential to prioritize privacy to ensure that organizations respect children’s privacy rights and design services and products with strong protections for the personal information of children in this increasingly digital and data-driven world. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne welcomed Canadian youth leaders, academics, senior government leaders, civil society representatives, industry stakeholders, and data protection authorities from around the world for the 2025 OPC Symposium on youth privacy in a digital age.

Highlights

The Symposium featured panel discussions exploring issues such as data privacy from the perspective of teens, the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on young people, deceptive design, educational technologies, and the best interests of the child in the digital space.
Commissioner Dufresne launched a call for applications to the OPC’s new Youth Advisory Council. The aim of the Council is to create a space for young people to share their insights, experiences, and ideas on the privacy challenges that matter most to them.
The G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable was held before the Symposium, on June 18 and 19, 2025. In their joint statement, the G7 data protection authorities emphasized that the protection of children’s best interests is particularly important with respect to the protection of children online.