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EDPO attended the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025 in Dublin 🇮🇪 — a global gathering of AI and compliance professionals working together to shape responsible and ethical AI governance 🤖

The discussions reflected the urgency and complexity of managing AI technologies in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Key takeaways included:

• 🤝 AI is no longer just a technical matter—it’s a governance issue that touches every part of an organization, requiring leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and alignment with core values.

• 🧠 The EU AI Act will have a significant impact, introducing a tiered risk classification system and imposing transparency, oversight, and documentation requirements, especially for high-risk use cases.

• 👩‍💼 Privacy professionals are stepping into a leading role, applying their expertise in compliance, impact assessments, and risk management to the development and deployment of AI systems.
• 🌐 While regulatory frameworks vary globally, there is growing alignment around core principles like fairness, transparency, accountability, and minimizing risk.
• 🏛️ Many organizations are working to define roles and responsibilities internally to ensure that AI deployment is ethical, explainable, and legally sound.
• ⚖️ AI’s potential to cause harm through bias or opaque decision-making has led to increased focus on human rights protections, independent audits, and meaningful stakeholder engagement.
• 🛠️ Governance “by design” is becoming essential—embedding assessment, oversight, and safeguards throughout the AI lifecycle, from development to deployment.
• 🚀 Adapting to these changes requires organizations to build new capabilities, create internal awareness, and translate regulatory obligations into everyday practices.

As the AI Act moves toward implementation, EDPO is ready to support providers outside the EU by acting as their AI Authorised Representative 🇪🇺—helping them navigate compliance and establish a trusted presence in the European market!!