G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable
Canada’s National Capital Region
June 18 and 19, 2025
As the data protection and privacy authorities of the world’s most advanced digital economies, the G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable (G7 DPA Roundtable) aims to play a leadership role in advancing the adoption of high standards for data protection globally.
Topics
G7 data protection and privacy authorities working together to address global privacy issues.
History of the G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable and its membership.
Overview of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s engagement in the G7 DPA Roundtable.
Latest updates from the G7 data protection and privacy authorities.
G7 DPA Roundtable 2025
Commissioner Dufresne looks forward to hosting his fellow data protection and privacy counterparts in Canada’s National Capital Region in 2025, for the G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable.
Transcript
[Suspenseful music begins]
[A view of the iconic Tower Bridge in London, UK. The following text appears with the sound of keyboard strokes:]
- United Kingdom 2021
[An aerial view of the historic Drachenburg Castle near Bonn, Germany. The following text appears with the sound of keyboard strokes:]
- Germany 2022
[A view of the Matsumoto Castle in Japan. The following text appears:]
- Japan 2023
[An aerial view of the Piazza Navona with the Trevi Fountain in Italy. The following text appears:]
- Italy 2024
[Timelapse video of the Canadian Parliament Buildings under a blue sky in Ottawa, as seen from the other bank of the Ottawa river. The following text appears with the sound of keyboard strokes and then the sound of a computer program booting:]
- Canada 2025…
[Change to an aerial view of the Canadian Parliament Buildings. The following text appears with the sound of keyboard strokes:]
- Canada 2025
- Proceed? (YES/NO)
[Keyboard stroke selects the word YES].
[Music continues against a photo montage of Canadian landscapes including an aerial view of the city of Vancouver at sunset and a telecommunications tower on top of a mountain at Horseshoe Bay in British Columbia, an aerial view of the historic Low Point Lighthouse in Nova Scotia, the Rogers Centre along the Rideau Canal and the Byward Market in downtown Ottawa.]
[The image changes to a digital world map and a datacentre server].
Narration
- Privacy is a global issue that demands global leadership.
[The camera zooms in to a blue eye with a reflection of binary code followed by two satellite dishes at sunset. The image then changes to a rotating Earth seen from space with glowing connection lines, followed by an image of a group of youth in graduation gown taking a selfie.]
Narration
- Information flows across borders, connecting us all.
[The image changes to a woman wearing viewing goggles piloting a drone over a field of crops, and changes to show a blurred image of someone sitting in their living room with a smart speaker in the foreground.]
Narration
- For innovation to flourish, privacy must be protected.
[The image changes to a biometric scanner at a gate and someone scanning their hand, and changes to a conference room with an expert panel talking, and then the Privacy Commissioner of Canada standing at the podium during the OPC’s International Symposium on Privacy and Generative AI.]
Narration
- For progress to be made, reinforcing trust is essential.
[Three youth looking closely at a phone screen, followed by a mom helping her son with his homework in the kitchen.]
Narration
- To protect current and future generations,
[The Privacy Commissioner of Canada shaking hands with a panelist at OPC’s International Symposium on Privacy and Generative AI.]
Narration
- collaboration is key.
[A young boy with a Canada flag as a cape is running in the fields towards Mount Robson.]
Narration
- Our efforts are having an impact.
[The Privacy Commissioner of Canada walks in a park just outside the office, stops in front of the camera and smiles.]
Narration
- Let's continue to work together.
[The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne, says :]
- See you in Canada.
[Back to an aerial view of the Canadian Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa. The following text appears line by line with the sound of keyboard strokes:]
Join us
Soyez des nôtres (in French)
Unisciti a noi (in Italian)
Join us (in Japanese)
Begleiten Sie uns (in German)
[White background with the signature of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in English and French and the Arms of Canada.]
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