Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

AML: European Commission released its Supranational Risk Assessment Report

On 26 June 2017 the European Commission published its Supranational Risk Assessment Report which should support Member State authorities in better addressing money laundering risks in practice.  The press release of 26 June states: As required by the new directive, … Lees verder

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Business Registers Interconnection System connects the business registers in all EU countries

On 9 June 2017 the European Commission informed the public on the interconnection of European business registers via the platform Business Registers Interconnection System, BRIS. Through BRIS citizens, companies and public authorities can search for company information in all EU countries. … Lees verder

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Corporate Surveillance in Everyday Life | big data in finance

Identity verification, fraud detection, and other risk analytics services are becoming major services provided by private companies that are not under any form of supervision. Those interested in the current status of tracking and surveillance practices in the private sector … Lees verder

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AML: ESAs consult on technical standards to strengthen group-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk management

In a press release the ESAs made public that they are consulting on technical standards to strengthen group-wide AML and TF risk management: ESAs consult on technical standards to strengthen group-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk management 31 May 2017 … Lees verder

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Guidance by CCBE on the main new compliance measures for lawyers regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

In May of this year the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) presented guidance on compliance measures for for lawyers regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With this paper the CCBE wishes to provide an overview of … Lees verder

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AML-measures: are they effective and legitimate? Paper by Eleni Tsingou

Anti-money laundering (AML) legislation is not only affecting large organisations and the state. Increasingly small and medium sized entities have to comply with national and international AML-rules. For a long time I am wondering why Dutch sources (including governmental sources) do … Lees verder

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Security certification and labelling in Internet of Things

Vice-President Ansip of the European Commission at a press conference for the mid-term review of the Digital Single Market strategy announced that the European Commission will present certification and labelling measures to make IoT devices more cyber ready. More information: Statement … Lees verder

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The Virtuality of Territorial Borders

The latest issue of Utrecht Law Review has “Representations of the (Extra)territorial” as its theme, an interesting subject in this globalizing and digitalizing era. One of the articles, The Virtuality of Territorial Borders, is written by Mireille Hildebrandt (Digital Security, Radboud … Lees verder

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“Smart devices surveilling our lives. Artificial intelligence technologies steering our behaviour. Care robots hindering human contact”

Smart devices surveilling our lives. Artificial intelligence technologies steering our behaviour. Care robots hindering human contact. Does this sound terrifying? Inevitable? It does not have to be. Time for a wake-up call. This is the beginning of the report “Human rights … Lees verder

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Ten policy recommendations for the G20 states in order to strengthen and protect consumers in digital markets

Recently a G20 summit took place, resulting a.o. in recommendations for the G20 states in order to strengthen and protect consumers in digital markets: • Equal rights online and offline • Digital providers must be held to account • Access … Lees verder

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