Data protection precondition for all rights says Stanzione

President of Italy's authority opens Privacy G7

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Oct 10 2024
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Pasquale Stanzione, the president of the Italian data-protection authority, stressed that "the protection of data is increasingly also a precondition of every other right or freedom" as he opened the Privacy G7 meeting in Rome on Thursday.
    "This is because, in an increasingly 'datafied' reality, in which we are what the 'Internet says we are', data protection is the foundation of self-determination, of the free development of one's personality," Stanzione continued.
    "But it is also a prerequisite of equality, because it is incompatible with any form of discrimination and a real guarantee of equal opportunities for everyone".
    The theme of the encounter "Privacy in the data era" is being addressed by the Italian data-protection authority and the watchdogs of Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States, together with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisors (EDPS).
    "In the era of AI and the dominance of algorithms, which, on the one hand, offer extraordinary possibilities for development and progress, primarily social, and, on the other, require adequate regulation, to prevent the rule of law from being replaced by algocracy, the protection of data is even more among the fundamental rights which require an international vocation," Stanzione stressed.
    "The logic of 'little nations' certainly does not apply to a right that is exercised, more than others in an non-territorial reality such as the Internet and which, as such, requires rules and guarantees that are as standard as possible in the various countries.
    "For this reason it is necessary to promote comparisons between systems and cultivate the aspiration, which is very topical, for the universal recognition of data protection as a fundamental human right.
    "This is why we are here today - to reflect and compare the experiences of each country on the challenges that the right to data protection encounters in the complexity of the present and in future scenarios," concluded Stanzione.