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Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (22 pages, PDF) Press release (PDF): “This measure is intended to combat money-laundering and terrorist financing. It covers many forms of financial transactions including those over 15,000 euros which raise suspicions of financial institutions and …
Opinion No. 37 / 2006 of 27 September 2006, O. Ref.: SA2 / A / 2006 / 037- CONCERNING: Opinion on the transfer of personal data by the CSLR SWIFT by virtue of UST (OFAC) subpoenas.”During its session of 5th July 2006, the Commission had already made the decision to officially start an investigation into …
EU – European Data Protection Supervisor: Annual Report for 2005 – Published August 2006 (125 pages, PDF)
BBC: “The European Court of Justice has annulled an EU-US agreement requiring airlines to transfer passenger data to the US authorities.” Press release and information from the Court of Justice of the European Communities, May 30, 2006 (3 pages, PDF) Related postings on passenger data collection post 9/11
EU press release, 21 February 2006 (21 pages, PDF) See also EU action plan on combatting terrorism, 13 February 2006 (38 pages, PDF)
Commission Staff Working Directive, 20/1/06.
Nº 98/2005: 22 November 2005, Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-317/04, C-318/04, Parliament/Council, Principles of Community law – press release – Advocate General Léger Proposed Annulment of the Commission and Council Decisions on Transfer to the American Authorities of Personal Information Concerning Air Passengers. Full-text opinion (in French) May 31, 2004, Passenger Data …
UK digital rights group sets up – “The main aims of the Open Rights Group are: to foster a grassroots community of campaigning volunteers; to connect journalists and the press with digital rights experts and activists.”
The EDRI-gram newsletter reported on the release of the new EU Commission explanatory memorandum on data retention, July 20, 2005 (16 pages, PDF). “The European Commission has finally produced its draft directive on data retention. According to the Commission, all fixed and mobile telephony traffic and location data from all private and legal persons should …
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents.
Jay Cline reviews a range of popular e-commerce websites that offer consumers a defined list of privacy protections and provides general scores for those that implement portions of the European privacy principles.
RFID Tags and Contactless Smart Card Technology: Comparing and Contrasting Applications and Capabilities See also this chart comparing the features and applications of RFID tags and contactless smart cards. Related resources: From the EU: “On January 19th, the Working Party 29 adopted a Working Document on data protection issues related to RFID technology (Working document …
