Tagarchief: Věra Jourová

European Commission was aware of fundamental rights issues of FATCA | PETI hearing

On 10 November there was a hearing on FATCA in the PETI committee of the European Parliament. I wrote a short article on the hearing with a link to the recording of the hearing. During that meeting the lawyer of … Lees verder

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The Dutch are absent on CCBE’s conference on artificial intelligence (30 November 2018)

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on 30 November 2018 organises in Lille a conference on the legal aspects of artificial intelligence. Absence of the Dutch Interestingly there is no Dutch involvement in the main programme … Lees verder

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European Commission | Facebook is misleading consumers

In the press release of 20 September 2018 the European Commission criticizes Facebook’s terms of services.  From the press release: Regarding Facebook, there was very limited progress in the framework of the ongoing enforcement action. Facebook’s new terms of services … Lees verder

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Ultimate beneficial owner in the European limelight

Europe is working on additional legislation regarding beneficial ownerships registers. European politicians are still expecting that public registers with ‘ultimate beneficial owners‘ (ubo’s) will help in combatting financial crime, even when such registers pose risks to the persons registered and … Lees verder

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