Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

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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Registration of beneficial owners of small entities in the U.S.

In the US, new regulations (Corporate Transparency Act, CTA) require small entities to report their beneficial owners to FinCEN. The CTA is part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act). The CTA authorizes FinCEN to collect that information … Lees verder

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Commission shows a lack of understanding of the risks of including personal data in open data | Open Data Directive

On a page of the European Commission on ‘High-value datasets’, the Commission states that personal data will be part of open data. The Commission calls certain data produced by the public sector that are particularly interesting for creators of value-added … Lees verder

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PI.lab conference 2023 on algorithms and society

On Thursday 13 April 2023 the PI.lab organises its conference 2023 and has chosen algorithms and society as subject. There will be a panel discussion on algorithmic fraud detection in the welfare state Panel discussion – Algorithmic fraud detection in … Lees verder

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Experian and data protection in a UK court

The famous American databroker Experian in the UK was confronted with a court decision in a case against the Information Commissioner regarding data protection. The court has decided that data collected with consent cannot be used for further processing without … Lees verder

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Europe as a major databroker | IT systems to fight crime and secure EU borders

Europe is developing into a very important databroker, collecting biometric data and all sorts of other personal data. Some of many of the databases are found on the page of the European Council, IT systems to fight crime and secure … Lees verder

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Fundamental rights apply to including people to sanction lists

Is is obvious that for European authorities fundamental rights are only theory when they are active in the area of combatting crime. This was shown in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the mother … Lees verder

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Improving a cyberinsecure world | Bert Hubert on the draft Cyber Resilience Act

It is a secret from policymakers in Dutch and European offices: software is still completely insecure and unreliable. Not me saying so, but IT professionals like Bert Hubert: The EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act is admirable in its goal. And … Lees verder

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ECON and LIBE committees of the European parliament adopted their position on the AML Package

Today the ECON and LIBE committees of the European parliament announced their agreement on the AML Package. Important elements of the position of the committees: High-level professional football clubs should become obliged entities under EU AML/CFT law. Cash payments for … Lees verder

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