From May 12 to 16, the annual Privacy Symposium took place in Venice — a significant international forum where data protection experts, representatives of supervisory authorities, policymakers, and members of the academic community from around the world gather. The symposium is organized to discuss current issues in data protection, including the impact of artificial intelligence development, digital security solutions, challenges in regulatory enforcement, and cooperation between supervisory authorities. Latvia was represented at the symposium by the Director of the Data State Inspectorate (hereinafter – the Inspectorate), Jekaterina Macuka, who participated as a speaker in two panel discussions. One of these took place on May 12 and…