Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

EBA published report on the functioning of AML/CFT Colleges

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published the press release The AML/CFT colleges framework is maturing, the EBA finds and the report.

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Has the UK sold its soul to the American tech devil? Or is the US-UK pact a ‘historic tech partnership’?

The British government announced the agreement between the UK and the US on digital issues with the familiar reassuring words. Of course, citizens will benefit from digital cooperation, particularly in the medical field, which is mentioned many times in the … Lees verder

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EDPB: The Digital Euro and its token-based offline modality

EDPB published the expert opinion ‘The Digital Euro and its token-based offline modality‘, read the announcement and the opinion (pdf). From the announcement: Taking into consideration the joint opinion by the EDPB and the EDPS, the EDPB requested an expert … Lees verder

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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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