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CBP issues privacy impact assessment for past commercial telemetry data usage

FedScoop

“CBP no longer collects commercial telemetry data owned and maintained by commercial vendors, though it continues to use the commercial telemetry data retained from its past use of vendors,” the privacy impact assessment states. Employees using this system were required to review and sign rules of behavior, the impact assessment noted.

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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

FedScoop

But, even though ICE says it has received no new requests for the use of commercial telemetry services since December 2022, the agency has filed a privacy impact assessment with the Department of Homeland Security’s privacy office for review. ICE appears to have sent mixed messages on its approach to telemetry data.

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A Masquerade Ball – EPPO uncovers EUR 200M in customs duties and VAT due

Import and Trade Remedies

In its Impact Assessment Report for the new customs reform, the European Commission also indicated this procedure as being prone to fraud.

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Much Ado About Nothing? – Advocating for Legality Clauses instead of ESG and CSR Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreements

Kluwer Arbitration

Chapter 6-10 of ECOWAS Common Investment Code 2018 ; Art. For instance, the South African Development Community Model BIT Template mandates investors to conduct an environmental impact assessment ( Art. 34) already has such provisions in place.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

To obtain an environmental license, the investor must obtain approval from the environmental authority of (i) an Environmental Impact Assessment and (ii) an Environmental Management Plan (“PMA”). The ICSID Arbitration In the arbitration, Colombia proposed several jurisdictional objections that were rejected by the tribunal.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

To obtain an environmental license, the investor must obtain approval from the environmental authority of (i) an Environmental Impact Assessment and (ii) an Environmental Management Plan (“PMA”). The ICSID Arbitration In the arbitration, Colombia proposed several jurisdictional objections that were rejected by the tribunal.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Kęstutis Kazulis, Principal Advisor for Sustainable Procurement, LPPO Monitoring green impact Lithuania is now planning the next big step in monitoring GPP – measuring the impact of GPP. That was the case with the state-owned enterprise Lithuanian Railways, which started planning for the adoption of green procurement five years ago.