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France makes big move towards a digital euro
April 2nd, 2020
France’s central bank has announced its plans to launch an experimental program to test a digital euro in settlement procedures. Qualified institutions are also invited to participate. According to the bank’s statement published on March 27, the program will ...
Coronavirus adds an extra layer of challenge to health data under the GDPR
March 24th, 2020
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has very strict conditions regarding the collection and handling of sensitive health data; these terms remain in effect even as Europe adopts extreme measures to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. As various ...
South Africa is getting proactive about its crypto regulations
March 18th, 2020
South Africa has become one of the centers for the cryptocurrency industry across Africa. The crypto adoption rates have been growing but the development has not come without a price. While South Africa has always been one of the ...
Do you believe that trading in cryptocurrencies should be regulated?
March 11th, 2020
Do you believe that trading in cryptocurrencies should be regulated? Yes or No Over the past four years cryptocurrencies have become ubiquitous, prompting more national and regional authorities to grapple with their regulation. Countries around the world issued notices ...
Europe embarks on economic revolution with landmark climate law
March 5th, 2020
Europe wants to make it illegal by 2050 to emit more greenhouse gases than can be removed from the atmosphere. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a draft law on Wednesday that would commit the region to ...
Facial recognition technology breaches GDPR says Vestager
February 19th, 2020
Margrethe Vestager, EU’s tech chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday that facial recognition technologies breach the need to give consent, which is stipulated in Europe’s data protection rules (GDPR). However, the Commissioner backed their use in case of public ...
iSignthis: ASIC’s win today is a win for the sector and ISX
February 5th, 2020
iSignthis has issued an announcement and informs that: ISX has made it clear multiple times that we do not offer services to unlicensed binary operators who target Australians. ASIC’s win today is a win for the sector and ISX, ...
Data protection fines hit £100m during first 18 months of GDPR
January 23rd, 2020
European countries have imposed approximately €114 million (£97 million) in data protection fines on businesses since revamped laws came into force in May 2018. Regulators have received 160,000 data breach reports, with UK firms third-most reported across Europe Approximately ...
iSignthis published a clarification for a claiming
January 23rd, 2020
iSignthis has published today a clarification in regards an article in today’s Age and Sydney Morning Herald claiming a “link” between iSignthis and Union Standard International Group (USGFX). Below is the iSignthis media report: As you may be aware there ...
The Personal Data Commissioner in Cyprus slaps record fines for data violations
January 14th, 2020
The Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus, an independent public authority responsible for monitoring the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and other laws in Cyprus has slapped three related companies with €82,000 fines totalling ...
