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NewsFinCEN publishes new typologies to help firms detect money laundering linked to human trafficking
The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published new information on typologies and indicators to help compliance teams combat the “horrific toll” of human trafficking.
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NewsBritish Airways fined £20m over data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 of its customers.
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NewsAUSTRAC plans A$100m regulatory system overhaul and more enforcement action
AUSTRAC will overhaul its regulatory system using A$100m of new funding and step up enforcement action, a senior figure at the Australian financial crime regulator has said.
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NewsFATF flags Chinese FIU’s lack of powers to tackle AML
China’s decentralised Financial Intelligence Unit system lacks the power to analyse suspicious activity adequately, a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report has said.
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NewsUK National Cyber Security Centre investigating ‘serious’ cyber attack on Hackney Council
Council officers have been working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate an attack affecting Hackney Council’s IT systems.
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NewsICO probes Klarna after newsletter emailed to customers in error
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK is probing an incident in which payment service provider Klarna sent an email to customers who had not opted in to receive it.
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NewsReport finds privacy and data protection shortcomings in some government measures to address Covid-19 pandemic
Shortcomings in the protection of privacy and data protection in some legislative and technical measures taken by governments to combat Covid-19 have been identified in a report published this week by human rights organisation the Council of Europe.
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NewsICO probes Klarna after newsletter emailed to customers in error
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK is probing an incident in which payment service provider Klarna sent an email to customers who had not opted in to receive it.
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NewsLeicester textile firms ‘involved in money laundering and VAT fraud’
A network of clothing manufacturers in Leicester has been involved in money laundering and VAT fraud, a BBC investigation has found.
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NewsUS attorney general raises concern about criminal and terrorist exploitation of cryptocurrency
The US attorney general has raised concern about criminal uses of cryptocurrency in a taskforce document outlining the problem.
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NewsTrickbot ransomware distributor taken offline following court order
An infamous botnet and distributor of ransomware has been taken offline following a US court order, Microsoft has said.
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NewsPWC Middle East launches DIFC-backed data protection compliance tool
PwC Middle East has launched a data privacy assessment tool to help companies in Dubai comply with new data protection legislation.
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NewsEnd-to-end encryption could pose threat to children, warns US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and Japan
Certain uses of encryption technology pose challenges to public safety, including to highly vulnerable members of society such as sexually exploited children, according to a statement issued earlier this week by the United States Department of Justice and signed by six other nations.
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NewsFormer US security chief warns of increased cyber crime due to coronavirus
The former head of the US National Security Agency has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased cyber risk, with companies likely to face a growing number of attacks.
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NewsThe UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’, ICO finds
A National Pupil Database held by the UK’s Department of Education had ‘no formal proactive oversight’ to protect children’s data, the Information Commissioner’s Office has found.
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Businessman with criminal links hands over £10m to UK investigators following Unexplained Wealth Order first
A UK businessman with links to serious criminals has surrendered property worth nearly £10m after an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) was issued to force him to reveal where his money came from.
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News‘SARs are used as a free pass for bankers and this must stop’: US regulation chief hits out following FinCEN Files
The head of one of the most influential US regulators has heavily criticised the actions of bankers and called for radical change following the publication of the FinCEN Files.
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NewsCJEU ruling poses threat to UK adequacy decision post-Brexit
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) yesterday ruled that the scope of European fundamental rights to privacy, data protection and freedom of expression extends to mass data retention and collection for national security purposes.
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NewsDon’t take you eye off insider cybercrime threats. Register for our free webinar
Cybersecurity measures are often focused on threats from outside an organization rather than threats posed by individuals inside an organization.
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NewsEuropean privacy laws to blame for continued self-harm content, says Instagram
Content that breaks Instagram’s own rules on promoting and glamourising eating disorders and self-injury can still be found on the platform, an investigation has revealed.
