All GRC World Forums articles in February 2021 – Page 7
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Feature
The future of India’s privacy landscape
India is one of the world’s largest data-generating countries and is on the cusp of enacting a new Data Protection Law. PrivSec Report examines what it could all mean.
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News
UAE Central Bank fines 11 banks for AML failures
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has fined 11 banks for failing to meet a deadline to improve their anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting terrorism financing (CTF) frameworks.
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Blog
British Airways and TalkTalk civil claims emphasise the need for data security vigilance
Following the ICO’s record fine for British Airways under the GDPR, Julian Hayes and Guevara Leacock, consider the potentially very expensive group claim civil action now being prepared.
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News
Political parties violated Israel’s Privacy Protection Law
The Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) in Israel has determined Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu and tech company Elector Software broke privacy regulations in a data breach affecting about 6.5m voters.
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News
Plan to scrap Mexico data protection body blow for human rights, say campaigners
Proposals by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to eliminate the National Institute for Transparency and Access to Information and Data Protection (INAI) would be a major setback for human rights in the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Philippines strengthens AML and CTF law to meet FATF deadline
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a new law to boost the country’s anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing efforts ahead of a key deadline from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Report
Not enough needles and too much hay: the problem with Suspicious Activity Reports
The FinCEN Files shed a light on a creaking system under which millions of reports of suspicious activity are filed to over-stretched authorities every year. FinCrime Report examines how to make it easier for government agencies to find the useful “needles” in the “haystack” of SAR reports.
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News
Australian government ordered to compensate asylum seekers for privacy breaches
The Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner in Australia, Angelene Falk, has found the Department of Home Affairs interfered with the privacy of 9,251 asylum seekers by mistakenly releasing their personal information
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Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters
Marketing company Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to perpetrators of fraud schemes who were targeting older people.
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News
Australia’s securities regulator hit by data leak
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says a server it was using to handle recent credit licence applications was breached by a hacker.
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News
Head of German financial regulator leaves post over Wirecard scandal
Felix Hufeld, the President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), will leave his post as part of a reorganisation of the German regulator following the Wirecard scandal.
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Restore user control for the good of our data ecosystem
We are becoming increasingly aware of the value and vulnerability of our digital identities.
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News
EBF sets out Digital Euro wish list, urging attention paid to AML
Plans for a Digital Euro must pay particular attention to anti-money laundering and counter terrorism regulatory requirements, the European Banking Federation (EBF) has said.
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News
Tik Tok changes privacy settings for teenage users
Video-sharing platform Tik Tok has announced changes aimed at improving privacy and safety for teens.
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News
German retailer vows to fight €10.4million GDPR fine for video-monitoring employees
An online electronics retailer fined for GDPR breaches over its use of video cameras in the workplace has branded its $10.4m fine “unlawful” and vowed to fight it
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Blog
AML ambiguity and more work for business? Welcome to the EU-UK trade agreement
Matthew Redhead gives his take on the Brexit trade agreement and what it could mean for financial crime
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Sponsored
DPOrganizer: Helping privacy pros since 2015
Egil Bergenlind was working as a data protection officer at iZettle when he realised the need for more efficient privacy management. Predating GDPR by years, he set out to find a better way of working for privacy professionals.
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Feature
All at (Priva) Sea? Brexit and Data Protection
PrivSec Report looks at some of the issues facing data protection professionals impacted by Brexit as the end to the transition period draws near.