Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Digital technologies as a means of repression and social control | EPRS report

A subcommittee (DROI) of the European Parliament asked Dorota Głowacka, Richard Youngs, Adela Pintea and Ewelina Wołosik to write the report ‘Digital technologies as a means of repression and social control‘. Hopefully Europe will apply the  human rights principles of … Lees verder

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Questions for EDPB in regard of FATCA | GDPR, Schrems II

In a twitter message of 28 May the member of the European Parliament Sophie in ’t Veld wrote: Time for action to protect Accidental Americans against ridiculous extraterritorial US tax is LONG overdue‼️ Which action will data protection supervisors in … Lees verder

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Big Brother judgment ECHR

On 25 May the European Court of Human Rights delivered important judgments on electronic mass surveillance (or bulk interception): Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 58170/13 etc (judgment). Centrum för rättvisa v. Sweden, no. 35252/08 (judgment). … Lees verder

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EDPB letter to the European Commission on the protection of personal data in the AML-CFT legislative proposals

On 19 May EDPB published a letter to the European Commission on the protection of personal data in the AML-CFT legislative proposals. More information (EDPB): page, letter (pdf), meeting page. Earlier EDPB-publication on AML-CFT: Statement on the protection of personal … Lees verder

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Treatment of citizens’ petitions by the EU institutions: discussion with experts

Today the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the European Parliament will discuss with representative of other EU institutions and experts how to respond better to people’s concerns raised via citizens’ petitions. The meeting is from 9:00-12:00.   More information: Press … Lees verder

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Increased Information Reporting | FATCA II is coming

This month the Department of the Treasury of the U.S. announced new plans under the friendly name ‘The American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda‘ (pdf) (the propaganda section did a good job). Apparently these plans are going to create a … Lees verder

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Data protection and FATCA: the Schrems II resolution of the European Parliament

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a resolution on data protection that also refers to the data transfers to the United States based on the FATCA-treaties (‘IGAs’): 24. Recalls that the Member States continue to exchange personal data with the United … Lees verder

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EBA consults on European AML/CFT database

On 6 May the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced its consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on a central database on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in the EU (consultation paper, DPIA summary). The interpretation … Lees verder

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Presumption of innocence: why only in criminal law?

In criminal law, European legal systems have the basic presumption of innocence. The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in its latest newsletter paid attention to the Presumption of Innocence Report that was published in March by … Lees verder

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Modernisation of European Company Law | book

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) was involved with the book “Modernisation of European Company Law” that includes presentations made during the CCBE conference “Modernisation of European Company Law” on 27 November 2019. Topics: letterbox companies … Lees verder

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