Categorie archief: English – posts in English on this blog

Nederlandse vertaling Belgische FATCA-beslissing | English translation of the Belgian FATCA-decision

Op 24 mei jl. nam de Belgische gegevensbeschermingstoezichthouder een besluit over FATCA dat veel stof heeft laten opwaaien, lees hun nieuwsbericht: Belgian DPA prohibits the transfer of tax data of Belgian “Accidental Americans” to the USA en bekijk het besluit … Lees verder

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Belgian FATCA-success

For a long time, the victims of FATCA (introduction in Dutch) have been trying to draw attention to how the US government violates their fundamental rights. It finally looks like a positive development is underway thanks to the decision by … Lees verder

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Artificial intelligence’s data hunger | article Richie Koch

Artificial intelligence’s data hunger is explained in an article by Richie Koch on the Proton blog, ChatGPT, AI, and the future of privacy (marking by me): Massive amounts of data are required to train and improve most AI models. The … Lees verder

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EDPS TechDispatch on Central Bank Digital Currency

EDPS published a TechDispatch on Central Bank Digital Currency. The subject is introduced as follows: Countries around the world are examining whether they should offer central bank money to the public not only as banknotes and coins, but also in … Lees verder

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Financial surveillance project of the EU | ParTFin project

Europe has financed a project on tracing and disruption of illicit financial flows that includes information sharing between financial and payment service providers at the national and EU levels. It shows that the Dutch plan to have banks analyse all … Lees verder

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Alarm over leaked EU-US plans to weaken encryption

Statewatch published an article on leaked notes from a meeting between senior EU and US officials that reveal alarming plans to undermine encryption and create a de facto “access by design” for law enforcement agencies (LEAs). The leak reveals that … Lees verder

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European open finance report pays insufficient attention to fundamental rights

In October 2022 an interesting report on open finance by the Expert Group on European Financial Data Space was published. The essence of ‘open finance’ is that citizens share all their financial transaction data with commercial parties. That will enable … Lees verder

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Civic Space Watch newsletter

The European Civic Forum (ECF) published its April ‘Civic Space Watch’ newsletter with interesting articles. European / international: ECF’s 2023 Civic Space Report that shows how civil society faces pressure in several EU member states but also continues to step … Lees verder

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European TRACE project develops AI solutions to ‘disrupt illicit money flows’

The European Union is funding the project TRACE that aims to develop AI solutions to assist governments and companies with preventing and detecting crime [1]. On their homepage they suggest that their activities do not have consequences for decent citizens: … Lees verder

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The danger of European techno-solutionism and the opacity of funding of artificial intelligence projects

In March the European Artificial Intelligence & Society Fund published an interesting report ‘How public money is shaping the future direction of AI: An analysis of the EU’s investment in AI development‘. The summary mentions that Europe has invested substantial … Lees verder

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