Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

European survey on the awareness of people on the concept and implications of their own digital footprint

Currentle the European Digital Learning Network pledges to carry out a pan-European survey to gather qualitative data about the awareness of adult peopleon the concept and implications of digital footprint. According to this announcement the pledge will be carried out in … Lees verder →

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5th Anti-Money laundering Directive has entered into force | AMLD5

Yesterday the European Commission announced that the 5th Anti-Money laundering Directive has entered into force. Good news! The 5th Anti-Money laundering Directive has entered into force #AMLD. It will make the fight against money laundering & terrorism financing more efficient. … Lees verder →

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AML/CFT for lawyers | CCBE

In its latest newsletter CCBE reported on Belgian resistance by lawyers against the implementation of the 4th Anti-money laundering Directive in Belgium. Further CCBE informs the public it is involved in revision of the FATF guidance for lawyers, accountants and company … Lees verder →

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Europol security tips for the public

Europol is providing security tips for the public, to be found on their twitter account, recently for instance: — #BuySafePaySafe tip: Use a #creditcard when shopping online 💳 Most credit cards have a strong customer protection policy. If you don’t … Lees verder →

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Your Europe | European Single Digital Gateway

According to a press release of 20 June (html, pdf) Europe intends to create one portal with information on the EU internal market. The portal will integrate several networks and services, including European Consumer Centres, Your Europe Advice, SOLVIT, Intellectual … Lees verder →

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PSD2 | Information by EBA on the regulatory technical standards on strong customer authentication and common and secure communication

Yesterday European Banking Authority (EBA) announced it has published two regulatory documents, an Opinion and a Consultation Paper on draft Guidelines, to clarify a number of issues identified by market participants in relation to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on strong … Lees verder →

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Dataprotection: “innocent people visiting or living in the UK run the risk of being flagged for violations they never committed from data that was unlawfully copied”

Not only companies like Facebook are unlawfully collecting and processing personal information. The latest scandal: according to an article of EUObserver the UK has been illegally copying classified personal information from a database reserved for members of the passport-free Schengen … Lees verder →

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New EU tax reporting rules for Dutch trust offices [2]

In March I already wrote on the new reporting rules for intermediaries. Today the European Council announced that new rules were adopted. Member States will have until 31 December 2019 to transpose it into national laws and regulations. The new … Lees verder →

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European Parliament Think Tank report on European sanctions law

Increasingly Europe is using ‘sanctions‘ against persons and regimes worldwide. Strangely enough litigation was necessary to urge the EU to improve practices in regard of the human rights of those (to be) ‘listed’ on the sanctions lists. Hopefully rule of … Lees verder →

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AML news by CCBE

In it’s latest newsletter the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) gave an update on European anti-money-laundering developments: Revision of the 4th Anti-money laundering Directive On 19 April, the European Parliament plenary session formally approved the revised 4th … Lees verder →

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