Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

The Rule of Law project of the Meijers Committee

The Meijers Committee, an independent standing committee of legal experts that provides technical-legal commentary on EU policy documents and legislative proposals, has initiated a Rule of Law project, with the site euruleoflaw.eu. Their introduction: The Meijers Committee is worried by … Lees verder

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Dutch non-paper on transaction monitoring, data sharing and other topics in the new Payment Services Regulation

The Netherlands advocates in a non-paper that changes to the European proposal for the new Payment Services Regulation (PSR) be made in the areas of: 1. Transaction monitoring 2. Data sharing 3. Position of the alleged fraudster and proportionality of … Lees verder

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Failure of travel surveillance systems | PNR, API

Statewatch in the article UN travel surveillance system needs “pause and urgent review”, says Special Rapporteur reports on criticism by UN special rapporteur in a position paper. Algorithmic travel surveillance systems exist in the EU and elsewhere, e.g. the ‘Passenger … Lees verder

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European Medicines Agency’s letter to members of the European Parliament on COVID-19 vaccines

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on 18 October wrote an interesting letter on COVID-19 vaccines to members of the European Parliament. Unfortunately, I could not find the letter on EMA’s own site, I only found it on an Austrian site … Lees verder

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European high-level conference on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion

The European Commission and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) on 20 February organise a high-level conference on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion. According to the announcement financial literacy helps people to better manage their money and has … Lees verder

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Undermining Democracy: The European Commission’s Controversial Push for Digital Surveillance | chatcontrol

Tech expert Danny Mekić on 13 October published his article Undermining Democracy: The European Commission’s Controversial Push for Digital Surveillance. He explains that the European Commission wants to turn digital communication apps, such as WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, TikTok and X, … Lees verder

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“We are Large Language Model. Resistance is futile”

IT-expert Lukasz Olejnik published this on mastodon: We are Large Language Model. Resistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Your individuality will be adapted to service our collective knowledge. You will be assimilated.

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Data broker Equifax fined

Data brokers are parties unknown to the public that are highly hazardous to citizens because of the uncontrolled data collections they create. They collect information for credit assessment, anti-money laundering and many other purposes. Recently Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of … Lees verder

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AMLA: call for host city applications opens | AML package

Two committees of the European parliament (ECON and LIBE) announced: Anti-Money Laundering Authority: call for host city applications opens. The Authority for Countering Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) is the non-democratic body that makes rules that private companies … Lees verder

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EDPS Seminar on the CSAM Proposal: “The Point of No Return?” | chatcontrol

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on 23 October organises a seminar dedicated to the ongoing legislative works on the Commission’s Regulation Proposal on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The speakers include Dutch experts like Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius en Jaap-Henk … Lees verder

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