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NewsNorwegian toll road operator faces fine for ‘serious violations’ of data protection rules
Norway’s data protection authority Datatilsynet proposes to impose a NOK5m ($600,000) financial penalty on Ferde for breaking the country’s privacy law when it transferred motorists’ personal data to China.
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Council of Europe criticises Romania for inadequate anti-corruption measures
Romania’s compliance with Council of Europe recommendations to tackle corruption among members of parliament (MPs), judges and prosecutors remains unsatisfactory, according to the 47-member human rights organisation.
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Swedbank fined by stock exchange for AML failings
Swedbank has been fined a total of $5.5million (SEK46.6m) by Nasdaq Stockholm’s disciplinary committee for historical AML (anti-money laundering) failures.
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Implementation of Thailand’s personal data act delayed
Thailand’s cabinet has approved deferring full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to 31 May next year. It was due come into force next month.
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Icelandic curriculum support company fined for data breaches
Iceland’s data protection authority (DPA) has ordered InfoMentor to pay a financial penalty for security slips that included two unauthorised people accessing ID numbers and avatars of 424 children.
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Chinese mobile apps broke privacy rules
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s main internet watchdog, has found 33 mobile phone apps broke data privacy rules through a range of actions. The companies behind the apps have ten days to comply with the regulations or face a fine.
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Dozens arrested and 800 officers deployed in major anti-mafia operation in Europe
A total of 31 people have been arrested in a major operation against international drug trafficking and money laundering which saw the deployment of 800 police officers and tax officials.
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Florida’s privacy law latest to fall by wayside
Differences between members of the two chambers in Florida’s legislature have killed off a privacy bill for the time being.
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TikTok to address privacy and security concerns via transparency centre
Video-sharing app TikTok says it plans to launch a European Transparency and Accountability Centre to allow researchers and policymakers to see how it moderates content, how its recommendation technology works and how it handles data.
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Norway’s largest lender fined $48 million over AML failings
Norwegian bank DNB ASA has been fined 400 million Norwegian Kroner ($48.1 million) for failing to adequately comply with anti-money laundering requirements,
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Philippine national security and criminal cases ‘put at risk’ by data leak
A data store belonging to The Solicitor General of the Philippines containing 345,000 files and documents was downloaded by a third party, with the information left available on the web, according to cyber security company TurgenSec.
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Cyber attacks on UK firms increase in wake of pandemic
Around half of Britain’s manufacturers have been a victim of cyber crime during the last 12 months as the Covid-19 crisis forced them to reorganise how they work.
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Turkey brings cryptocurrency firms under AML/CFT rules
Cryptocurrency exchanges are now included in Turkey’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorism (AML/CFT) financing regulations.
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BaFin tells Deutsche Bank to improve AML safeguards
Germany’s financial regulator has ordered Deutsche Bank to do more to improve its anti-money laundering safeguards.
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New Zealand told to improve availability of beneficial ownership information
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has told New Zealand told to strengthen its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) operations in several areas, including improving the availability of its beneficial ownership information.
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Dutch city council fined for wi-fi tracking people
The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority (DPA) has levied a fine of €600,000 ($725,000) on Enschede city council for tracking pedestrians in the city centre in contravention of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Ukraine willing to work with US on cyber security
Ukraine is ready to share its experience in the field of cyber security with the United States and other Western nations, according to the country’s new ambassador to Washington, Oksana Markarova.
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Prosecutors drop all charges against Danske Bank executives in €200bn laundering probe
Prosecutors in Denmark have dropped charges against the former chief executive of Danske Bank and two other senior executives as part of their investigation into the bank’s Estonian branch money laundering scandal.
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Man charged in US with operating ‘notorious’ darknet cryptocurrency mixer as laundering service
A dual Russian-Swedish national accused of moving bitcoin worth $335 million through a ‘notorious’ money laundering cryptocurrency mixer has been arrested and charged in the United States.
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VASPs now subject to Ireland’s AML/CFT rules
Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) in Ireland are now required to register with the country’s central bank to comply with anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations.
