Twenty Regulators Sign Joint AI Data Governance Pledge
Twenty data protection authorities signed the Joint Statement on Building Trustworthy Data Governance Frameworks for AI at the Global Privacy Assembly in Seoul, 15 to 19 September 2025. The signatories include regulators from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, among others. CNIL, which published the statement, led alongside Australia's OAIC, the UK's ICO, South Korea's PIPC, and Ireland's Data Protection Commission.
The statement's aim is to encourage AI development that is both innovative and privacy-protecting. Twenty regulators agreeing on shared governance language is not routine. It signals coordinated enforcement posture, not just aspiration. Labs and cloud providers operating across these jurisdictions now face a more unified regulatory audience.
Watch how this joint framing shapes enforcement timelines in the EU and UK, where DPAs already hold enforcement power over AI data practices. The statement sets a floor. The question is which authority moves first to build on it.