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PRIVACY v AML: Future EU financial crime laws are ‘vulnerable’ if not harmonised with GDPR, Data Protection Board warns Commissioners

By Dan Byrne for AMLi

Anti-money laundering agencies in Europe risk ramifications from data protection authorities – and indeed from European citizens themselves – if new AML laws are not designed properly, the European Data Protection Board has said.

In a letter to European Commissioners Mairead McGuinness and Didier Reynders dated last month, the EDPB warned that “specific provisions” were needed in future legislation so this could be avoided.

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