Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

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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Hubert | Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion

Bert Hubert published this autonomy article: Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion. His opinion: If you invite US big tech to your event, you’ll spend some of your time listening to fairy tales. And if you … Lees verder →

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AMLA disregards the framework of the AML Package and neglects fundamental rights | draft RTS on group-wide minimum requirements and additional measures for subsidiaries and branches in third countries

It is concerning to see that, in its draft implementing rules regarding groups of companies with anti-money laundering obligations [1], the new European authority, the Authority for Countering Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), is not remaining within the … Lees verder →

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What’s behind the EU’s digitalisation push? Surveillance, control and exclusion | EDRi

European Digital Rights (EDRi) published the article What’s behind the EU’s digitalisation push? with the following introduction: The EU institutions have been engaged in a broad and wholesale digitalisation project but underneath the rhetoric of efficiency, modernisation, and citizen empowerment … Lees verder →

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