All Europe articles – Page 46
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ArticleEDPB chair: Processing personal data in the context of coronavirus
The chair of the European Data Protection Board addresses things companies need to consider as they process different types of personal data in the context of the coronavirus.
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ArticleSwedish watchdog fines Google $7.6M for GDPR non-compliance
Google has received its second fine to date for violating Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation; Sweden’s Data Protection Authority fined the internet giant 75 million Swedish Kroner (U.S. $7.6 million).
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ArticleVirgin Media could face GDPR pressure after data breach
Virgin Media is likely to be in the GDPR crosshairs after disclosing a recent breach that affected approximately 900,000 customers to the U.K.’s data regulator.
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ArticleFCA seeks comment on proposed climate-related disclosure requirements
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is asking for comment on newly published proposals outlining climate-related disclosure requirements for premium listed issuers.
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ArticleU.K.’s ICO fines Cathay Pacific for pre-GDPR breach
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has fined airline Cathay Pacific £500,000 (U.S. $643,000) for failing to protect the personal data of millions of customers.
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ArticleThree former Barclays execs acquitted of fraud charges
The Serious Fraud Office suffered another major setback in the U.K.’s first trial against bank executives for misconduct during the 2008 financial crisis, after three former executives of Barclays were acquitted of fraud charges.
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ArticleFRC sends letter to Big Four outlining ‘operational separation’
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council penned a letter to the Big Four outlining expectations for how the auditors should go about separating their audit work from their consultancy business.
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ArticleFictitious soccer players at center of money laundering scheme
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, announced it has uncovered more than €10 million (U.S. $11 million) from fictitious soccer player transfers in a money laundering and tax evasion scheme.
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ArticleProposed EU data strategy spells big changes for Big Tech
The European Commission unveiled its long-awaited plans about how it wants to regulate artificial intelligence as well as promote greater data sharing throughout the EU to stimulate further growth and competition in digital services.
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ArticleFRC to review how U.K. companies, auditors address climate change
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council announced it will begin reviewing the extent to which U.K. companies and auditors are responding to the impact of climate change to ensure reporting requirements are being met.
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ArticleCompliance lessons from Julius Baer’s ‘serious AML failings’
Compliance officers can learn a lot from the anti-money laundering compliance shortcomings at Julius Baer Group, as well as from what the bank is now doing to enhance its risk management and AML compliance controls.
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ArticleIreland GDPR caseload nearly doubled in 2019
The Irish Data Protection Commission received 7,215 complaints during the first full year the General Data Protection Regulation was in force, representing a 75 percent increase on 2018’s figures of just over 4,000.
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ArticleIreland raid over privacy concerns jilts Facebook Dating
Facebook wants to play Cupid in Europe, but the Irish Data Protection Commission got its arrow in the tech giant first.
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Google begins argument to try to overturn $9B in EU fines
Attorneys for Google, seeking to overturn $9 billion in EU antitrust fines, argued in a European court Wednesday that the tech giant should not be forced to prop up its competitors in the course of promoting facets of its own business.
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Airbus contractors feeling ripple effect from record fine
Airbus is free to go about its business after paying a record fine to three anti-corruption agencies for widespread bribery, but the trouble is only beginning for some of its implicated contractors.
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ArticleExperts weigh in on Brexit consequences for GDPR, AML, more
The wheels to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union are finally in motion, but the hard work still remains as to what kind of future trading relationship the country has with the single market.
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Ireland probing Google, Tinder for GDPR violations
Ireland’s data regulator has announced new investigations into Google and MTCH Technology Services—the company behind dating app Tinder—over complaints users’ personal data is being misused in violation of the GDPR.
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ArticleGermany’s dual approach to data regulation under the GDPR
Germany is staying ahead of the game with an advanced crackdown on data privacy and competition law violations.
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ArticleAirbus resolves global bribery scandal for record $4B
Airbus has agreed to pay a total of $4 billion in penalties split between the United States, United Kingdom, and France—the world’s largest global resolution for bribery.
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ArticleNBCUniversal fined $15.9M for EEA sales restrictions
NBCUniversal has been fined €14.3 million (U.S. $15.9 million) by the European Commission for restricting traders from selling licensed merchandise within the European Economic Area to territories and customers beyond those allocated to them, marking the latest case in a wider enforcement trend.