Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Statewatch | New automated bank screening could create ‘surveillance state’ across EU | Privacy First consultation response

In the article New automated bank screening could create ‘surveillance state’ across EU, Statewatch paid attention to the consultation response by Privacy First in the consultation held by the new European Authority for Countering Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism … Lees verder →

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Bulk Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, and the Need for Responses at the EU Level

Lorena Bachmaier Winter on the eucrim-site published the article Rethinking Procedural Safeguards in the Digital Age. Bulk Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, and the Need for Responses at the EU Level. The introduction: This article examines the impact of digitalisation, mass surveillance, … Lees verder →

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Criminal complaint against ING Bank, Rabobank and Loyens & Loeff in JBS money laundering case

The law firm Prakken d’Oliveira yesterday announced: Criminal complaint against JBS N.V. and notification of possible violation AML-legislation by service providers. From the announcement: Fourteen legal actions across four European jurisdictions launched today against the world’s largest meat company, JBS, … Lees verder →

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How advertising companies shape young Europeans’ worldviews

Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), a British organisation that is part of a British innovation charity, Nesta, published the article How social media shapes young Europeans’ worldviews on their study Algorithms and democracy. BIT was commissioned by the Finnish innovation fund … Lees verder →

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The UK Supreme court’s judgment in a case on a state hacking the devices of a human rights activist located in the UK

On EJIL the article by Daisy Peterson, Location, Location, Location: The UK Supreme Court’s Judgment in Shehabi v. Bahrain, was published. She describes the topic of the article as follows: While the Supreme Court’s clarification of the meaning of Section … Lees verder →

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Consultation by the Commission on AI Act Implementing Act – Articles 75c-75d

The Commission started a consultation (announcement) on the draft for an implementing regulation, setting out: practical and specific arrangements for proceedings conducted by the Commission under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, covering access to the file, procedural safeguards, and limitation periods for … Lees verder →

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Article on the Jautiva-case and fundamental rights of beneficial owners of legal entities

Samira Allioui on EU Law Analysis published the article ‘The interplay between corporate transparency and personal data protection: A new stage in the CJEU’s case law‘. The introduction: On 3 September 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union … Lees verder →

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New DAC consultation

The Commission is holding a second consultation on the proposal for a directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation, ‘DAC’ [1]. The feedback period is until 1 December 2026. The proposal provides for an expansion of the exchange … Lees verder →

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Opinion: The Law Enforcement Directive applies to personal data processed by Financial Intelligence Units to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

The Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union has published the opinion on the data protection rules that apply to Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). Read the press release regarding case C-222/25 (Rahapesu Andmebüroo), which states the … Lees verder →

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Report by the Joint Research Centre on encryption and other privacy enhancement technologies

The Joint Research Centre of the Commission announced the study Horizon scanning on emerging privacy enhancement technologies in the article How emerging privacy technologies could reshape law enforcement. The study was developed by the EU Policy Lab at the JRC … Lees verder →

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