Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Hoepman: “The amount of data available to law enforcement is staggering” so access to private communication is unnecessary

Jaap-Henk Hoepman in his article Good riddance to lawful hacking explains that there is no need for law enforcement to get access to private communications: The amount of data available to law enforcement is staggering. Even if they can no … Lees verder

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EDPS letter on transfers of personal data to the US

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) wrote a letter to the European Commission on the US Supreme Court judgment Trump v. Slaughter. The Supervisor aks the Commission to closely assess whether this development affects the adequacy decision underpinning the EU-US … Lees verder

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In the US beneficial ownership reporting is limited to foreign entities and foreign beneficial owners

Although, as far as I am aware, the concepts behind ‘anti-money laundering’ and the ‘beneficial owner’ (‘BO’) originated in the US, that country does not implement the rules drawn up by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In the US, … Lees verder

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Are IP addresses personal data? | IP addresses in the draft guidelines by the AMLA

Privacy International (PI) published the article Are IP addresses personal data? In the article PI explains what an IP address is and informs the reader on the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union. On the character … Lees verder

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EFIPP – public-private partnership Europol with banks in the EU

In the EU based on the new rules on anti-money laundering (‘AML’) and countering terrorist financing, ‘CFT’ (the AML Package), many public-private partnerships (PPPs) with banks will be established. One very important PPP is already there: EFIPP, the Europol Financial … Lees verder

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FIUs prepare for public-private partnerships (PPPs) with banks | AML, CFT

The world-wide organisation of FIU’s [1], the Egmont Group, in July this year published a statement on the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in combatting crime [2]: Public Statement by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units – Advancing the … Lees verder

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Action against adtech companies that facilitate criminal activity | BEUC

It is common knowledge that the major advertising companies (Meta/Facebook, Google and others), ‘adtech’, facilitate criminal activity on a large scale [1]. So far, hardly any action has been taken against this. Perhaps this will change now that the European … Lees verder

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Surveillance pricing explained

In The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing Cory Doctorow explains that ‘personalisation’ enables the seller to squeeze the highest possible price from customers. He explains surveillance pricing: As the name suggests, “surveillance pricing” is the practice of charging every … Lees verder

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US sanctions explained | Sanctions jiu-jitsu

In the article Sanctions jiu-jitsu Jess Hoversen explains the history and the character of the US’s use of sanctions. Amongst others: When Washington imposes sanctions, it isn’t only barring American citizens from dealing with a target. It also warns foreign … Lees verder

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Unmasking the chilling effects of the digital surveillance ecosystem: the erosion of assembly and association rights | OHCHR

A thematic report was announced [1] by the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) on the threats to the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association caused by digital surveillance. The report was made by … Lees verder

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