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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—17 September 2020

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Published on: 17 September 2020

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Table of contents

GDPR & data protection
ICO launches Accountability Framework
Irish court rules that Facebook can challenge Irish DPC’s preliminary decision on data transfers
Parliamentary Committee requests information on UK government’s response to Schrems II
AML & counter-terrorist financing
Commission report shows inconsistent approach to trust-like arrangements under 4MLD
EBA responds to Commission’s call for advice on tackling money laundering and terrorist financing
FATF provides guidance for authorities on ML/TF indicators in virtual assets
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes GDPR & data protection, AML & counter-terrorist financing, cybersecurity & cybercrime; a selection of other news and updates; and all the latest new and updated content.

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