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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—28 October 2021

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Published on: 28 October 2021

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Table of contents

Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Business interruption biggest concern for EU risk managers
Data protection
CCTV, including audio recording features, breached UK data protection law (Fairhurst v Woodward)
ICO issues warning after charity fined £10,000 for revealing personal data
EU-US negotiators nearing deal on Privacy Shield
AML and counter-terrorist financing
FATF October 2021 plenary discusses virtual assets, Pandora Papers and cross-border payments
FATF publishes report on mitigating the unintended consequences of standards
FCA to respond to Treasury Committee in detail after NatWest sentencing

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes the SRA’s business plan for 2021–2022, updates from the FATF and progress on Privacy Shield.

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