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MARCH 20, 2020

The policy being drafted by India’s trade ministry also calls for a new regulator to provide oversight and enforce compliance. The regulator will have the authority to request information from tech firms and also enforce other Indian laws aimed at consumer protection and fair competition, the sources said.

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MAY 14, 2020

Brian Huseman, a vice president of public policy at Amazon, said in a blog post that each of the nation’s states have different rules when it comes to price gouging. The disparate standards among states present a significant challenge for retailers working to assist law enforcement, protect consumers, and comply with the law,” Huseman wrote.

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MARCH 1, 2020

The facial recognition app Clearview AI was banned from Apple ’s developer program after allegedly violating the iPhone maker’s rules, Buzzfeed News reported on Friday (Feb. Analysis by BuzzFeed News of Clearview AI’s app for Apple’s mobile operating system discovered that Clearview broke rules about the distribution of its apps.

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Fintech News

JULY 17, 2024

These figures underscore the immense challenge facing regulators and law enforcement agencies in their efforts to curb illicit financial flows in the crypto space. The United Arab Emirates has amended Federal Decree-Law No. (20)

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The Russian Federal Security Service and the Ministry of Communications is getting more involved in the internet business game, with Forbes reporting the two agencies in Russia will adopt rules that enable them to decrypt code by internet service providers and search engines. Google, Yandex, Mail.ru The report noted U.S.

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VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This Act, which supersedes Section 43A of the IT Act, 2000 and the SPDI Rules, 2011, brings about considerable changes to the norms of data protection. The DPDP Act is lean and principle-based, with details around implementation to be set out in future rules. For upholding public order and ensuring safety. Clause 10(2)(a) DPDP Act.)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Visa also works with law enforcement agencies to quantify potential losses and, where possible, assist in the threat mitigation. Visa is pursuing the online criminals to prevent future fraud.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2020

A French court has decided that bitcoin is money, the first time a court in France has issued such a ruling, according to a report from Les Echos Sunday (March 8). The result of the ruling could lead to more activity in the French bitcoin market. This ruling could encourage more activity in the French Bitcoin market.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The appeals court upheld Yancheng’s lower-level district court’s ruling, which was announced on Sept. 22, noting that "the seized digital currencies will be processed pursuant to laws and the proceeds and gains will be forfeited to the national treasury," reported The Block, citing the ruling. billion) from more than 2.6

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Because of the change, data and privacy will leave the data of tens of millions of people under less protection, and it will be subject to more scrutiny by British law enforcement. companies, is staying in the EU and will keep some of the EU’s famously stringent data protection rules, the General Data Protection Regulation.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Regulators and law enforcement will try their best to recoup the money, he told China Central Television Friday (Aug. as Chinese firms rush to go public before tough new federal disclosure rules go into effect. regulators, a move that would put the firms in conflict with secrecy laws in China. 14), per the report.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

14) put forth a new law that would call on technology companies, including Apple, to provide access to encrypted data if they receive a warrant. According to a report in 9to5Mac , failure to comply with the rule would result in fines as high as $7.3 The Australian government on Tuesday (Aug. million and the potential for jail time.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 11, 2024

The letter communicates the association’s non-bank members’ concerns that the Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) policy rules will undermine competition, stifle innovation, reduce investment, and force smaller players to a disorderly exit from the UK.

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A proposed rule would increase Treasury’s insight into non-US crypto mixing transactions to combat illicit activities by malicious actors. However, “the incremental burden of the rule is expected to be lowest for these entities because it imposes the least adaptation from current compliance practices and processes.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Mitiga is working with law enforcement after uncovering a widespread business email compromise (BEC) scam that has netted more than $15 million. Mitiga also said in the post that it recommends safeguards for companies that could have been affected.

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Neopay

JULY 18, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa: This region suffers from high money laundering risk due to corruption, poor transparency, and weak rule of law. The Act mandates beneficial ownership reporting and enhances the ability of law enforcement to track and prosecute laundering cases.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2016

Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network spokesman Stephen Hudak said the rule is being reworked and could be resubmitted in 2017. The proposed rule called for money stored on prepaid cards to count toward the requirement on the part of the U.S. It’s not dead,” the spokesman told Reuters. In 2009, the U.S.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 30, 2024

As regulatory and law enforcement agencies across the globe are doggedly seeking to assert jurisdiction over the crypto industry, many companies have come under intense scrutiny in recent years due to many cases of compliance violations. Nataly Medici , chief financial officer of neobank Keytom explores what firms can do.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

In other news, cryptocurrencies have no way to abide by proposed new rules in numerous U.S. The LAED Act would end encrypted communications, giving law enforcement a backdoor to access the data with a court order. He said per the report that a win in the case would let other recipients of the letter do the same thing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

It’s a new year, and in Europe, an expansion of scrutiny and laws governing data sharing. The dawn of 2020 brought a spate of new rules governing data collection and use. And, as has been reported, breaching these rules means companies may be fined by the EU the equivalent of up to 4 percent of revenues.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

“The apps that were found to violate our user safety policies were immediately removed from the Store, and we have asked the developers of the remaining identified apps to demonstrate that they comply with applicable local laws and regulations,” Google India said in a Thursday (Jan. 14) blog post.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

An Apple iPhone X user was forced by law enforcement to unlock his phone with his face. According to Forbes , the case is a significant moment in the fight between law enforcement and technology companies to access data that is often secured thanks to the security protections the tech companies embedded in their digital devices.

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APRIL 8, 2021

By using an intermediary, “when law enforcement gets involved, there’s an innocent third party in the middle who didn’t realize they were taking part in a criminal enterprise” headed by a ringleader who’s impossible to track down. A Local Twist on a Global “Secret Shopper” Scam.

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MAY 21, 2019

Allied Wallet was accused of processing payments for firms that were known by law enforcement agencies as fraudulent, such as Stark Law, a debt collection scheme; TelexFree, a pyramid scheme; and MOBE and Digital Altitude, business coaching schemes that told customers they would make a large amount of extra income.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

The executive also said he has close ties to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization that is seen as the ideological head of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. In response to the report, Paytm said on Friday (May 25) that it did not share user data with law enforcement agencies based on a request.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Bank had in place erroneously capped the number of alerts, which hindered law enforcement’s ability to spot suspicious activity. His actions prevented the proper filing of many, many SARs, which hindered law enforcement’s ability to fully combat crimes and protect people,” said FinCEN Director Kenneth A.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

In other news, Spanish law enforcement authorities have exposed a flaw in European anti-money-laundering controls.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Princess said it was engaging in a review of its security processes and rules and bringing about changes to bolster security. The company also noted that, beyond its continuing probe, “we reported this matter to law enforcement and are offering our full cooperation.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Problems With India’s Privacy Law. payments players are facing the cold shoulder from India’s government as they face fines for violating India’s data privacy laws. (a crown it held until Walmart knocked it off in 1991), it introduced the world to the Discover Card in 1985 and had over 4,500 U.S. locations at its peak. Some major U.S.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced a significant reduction in the maximum fraud reimbursement limit for authorised push payment (APP) scams, lowering it from £415,000 to £85,000 just weeks before new rules take effect in October.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

“Both movement between public and private sectors, and potential conflicts of interest more generally, are not unknown in the legal profession – law enforcement agencies, law firms and barristers’ chambers have long-established measures in place to identify and take action to avoid such potential conflicts,” said an SFO spokesperson.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

When Facebook announced Libra, it shined a new light on crypto and its regulation protocols, especially since it is a global currency and rules vary from country to country. In June, the FATF urged countries to closely examine cryptocurrency exchanges and the rules that govern them.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

I feel like I could’ve found a way around any rule they make,” Ashlee Smith, 24, told CNBC. Law enforcement and individuals in recovery say the scam isn’t hard to pull off. They say gift cards are the gift that always fits. As an addict, I just feel like I go to any length.”. “I

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In other crime-related crypto news, a drug dealer has lost millions in cryptocurrency after a judge ruled that it was the proceeds of criminal activity. Collins did not contest the CAB’s ruling. He was found to be carrying some amount of marijuana.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

According to the news outlet, law enforcement’s initiatives are “an unprecedented level of government attention” for the sector, which has evaded regulators by classifying merchant cash advances as non-loans and, therefore, exempt from personal loan protections under state and federal law.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We are doing preliminary breach of union law inquiries on … the Danske Bank case in Denmark,” said European Banking Authority (EBA) Chair Andrea Enria told the European Parliament, according to Reuters. Department of Justice (DOJ) over alleged money laundering. “We Last month, it was revealed that U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

The world’s governments, specifically regulatory and law-enforcement authorities, are essential partners in this endeavor.”. “The success of this venture depends on its trusted and safe integration with the existing financial system,” Facebook said on Tuesday.

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