Priorities
Stakeholder engagement is among the G7 priorities. With this in mind, in order to include different perspectives within the decision-making process, the G7 established the so-called “Engagement Groups”, which brings together the representatives of various sectors of civil society. Each group focuses on a specific topic (e.g. privacy and artificial intelligence), and modelling it on the governmental process, organises its own ad hoc summit at the end of which it delivers a text of recommendations to the G7 Presidency for Leaders.
The G7 Privacy, organised by the Italian Data Protection Authority in Rome from 9 to 11 October 2024, is part of these Summits. Along with the Group of Seven, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) – which reunites the National Data Protection Authorities belonging to the European Economic Space – and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) are also invited to attend.