Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Privacy Shield: members of the European Parliament worried about undermining of privacy safeguards in the US

Recently the members of European Parliament expressed their concern regarding developments in the United States: Data Privacy Shield: MEPs alarmed at undermining of privacy safeguards in the US PLENARY SESSION Press release – Justice and home affairs − 06-04-2017 – … Lees verder

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Latest AML news by CCBE | AMLD4, Supra National Risk Assessments, criminal law and FATF meeting

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in its latest newsletter gives an update on European anti money-laundering (AML) developments, including the opinion by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on the processing of personal data under AMLD4 (the register … Lees verder

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AML in Germany | implementation of AMLD4

Jan-Philipp Rose of Belmont Legal was so friendly to allow me to publish his article on anti-money laundering in Germany on this blog. It follows below. The new Draft Law on Money Laundering and its Consequences for Businesses in Germany … Lees verder

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AMLD4 | report European Parliament

On 9 March the committee report was published on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of … Lees verder

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CCBE on AMLD4 and Supra-National Risk Assessments AML

In its latest newsletter the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has the following on anti money-laundering (AML): Amendments to the 4th AML Directive The CCBE is following developments regarding the proposed amendments to the 4th Anti-Money Laundering … Lees verder

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AMLD4: European committees want public access to personal data of beneficial owners to fight money laundering

Despite the criticism of EDPS (read my previous post), two committees of the European Parliament (ECON and LIBE) want public access to data on firm owners to fight money laundering. The committees do not pay any attention to the risks attached to … Lees verder

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AMLD4: European Data Protection Supervisor criticizes proposals to amend AMLD4 | access to beneficial ownership information only to authorities

On 2 February 2017 the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)  adopted its opinion on the proposal of the European Commission to amend the Fourth Anti-Moneylaundering Directive (AMLD4). EDPS criticizes the unfounded plan to process personal data collected for one purpose (AML) … Lees verder

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INGO Conference: Recommendation on ‘Surveillance of lawyers: the need for standards safeguarding client confidentiality’

According to its latest newsletter of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), the INGO Conference has adopted a resoluton on surveillance of lawyers: INGO Conference adopts resolution on surveillance of lawyers On 27 January, the INGO Conference of the … Lees verder

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AMLD4-revision: opinion JURI committee – public access ubo-register, real estate ubo and European FIU proposed

Still it is not clear in what way the Fourth European Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD4) will change. This is worrisome because the current version of AMLD4 is already complicated legislation and will need a lot of attention, both by the … Lees verder

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Data protection in Europe

Data protection is hot in Europe. On 27 January a joint statement was made by Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Jourová ahead of the 2017 Data Protection day. Quotation: The digital economy is global, and when Europeans’ personal data are transferred … Lees verder

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