Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Report: despite major enterprise investment into GenAI, the surprising result is that 95% of organizations are getting zero return

The summary of the report (pdf) ‘The GenAI Divide. State of AI in business 2025‘ starts with: Despite $30–40 billion in enterprise investment into GenAI, this report uncovers a surprising result in that 95% of organizations are getting zero return. … Lees verder →

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Statewatch: EU prepares to give US direct access to police and immigration databases

Statewatch published an article on European plans to give power to American agencies to search European databases, to identify people posing “a threat to US security”. Statewatch refers to a proposal by the Commission. There is already massive data-sharing taking … Lees verder →

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DPA’s signed the “Joint Statement on Trustworthy Data Governance for AI”

Data protection authorities (DPA’s) signed a joint statement on AI (pdf). The statement was signed by DPA’s from the EU and other parts of the world, like the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Hong Kong. The Belgian DPA … Lees verder →

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The Spanish Data Protection Authority fined a data broker that illegally processed data related to self-employed people

The Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), the Spanish Data Protection Authority fined a data broker for processing without a legal basis and without informing the data subjects (self-employed people) of the processing (decision in Spanish). More information in … Lees verder →

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Court decision in Belgian FATCA-procedure expected on 3 December 2025

In Belgium proceedings are underway concerning the validity of transfers of personal data to the US under the FATCA-agreement that Belgium has concluded with the US (that is identical to all other FATCA-agreements of the US with EU-member states). These … Lees verder →

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Mind the Gap | Age Assurance and the Limits of Enforcement under EU Law

On the interface site a report was published on the protection of minors online. From the executive summary of the report: Children and young people today grow up in a highly connected digital environment that provides access to educational content, … Lees verder →

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BIS proposes financial surveillance as an alternative to the failed AML/CFT system of the FATF

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) this month published the article The use of artificial intelligence for policy purposes on a report (pdf) submitted to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. In the paragraph ‘Oversight of payment systems‘ … Lees verder →

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New handbook by world wide AML/CFT policy makers

A group of world wide policy makers of AML/CFT legislation published guidance on data sharing. Read Effective informal operational and strategic information exchange. A practical guide for FIUs (pdf) and International Co-operation on Money Laundering Detection, Investigation, and Prosecution Handbook … Lees verder →

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EDRi and other NGOs in an open Letter: The European Commission and Member States must keep AI Act national implementation on track

EDRi announced: Open Letter: The European Commission and Member States must keep AI Act national implementation on track EDRi, along with a broad coalition of civil society organisations, demands urgent action from the European Commission and Member States to ensure … Lees verder →

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Statewatch | More profiling and surveillance under new EU anti-money laundering rules (on Privacy First’s consultation response)

Statewatch paid attention to Privacy First’s constribution to a Dutch consultation on the implementation of the new European anti-money laundering legislation (AML Package). Read the article More profiling and surveillance under new EU anti-money laundering rules, with the following introduction: … Lees verder →

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