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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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Open Olympics 2026: progress and challenges

Open Contracting Partnership

Just before the pandemic at the very end of 2019, we had the pleasure of meeting the organizers of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics along with civil society and experts from Milan and Nottingham universities to discuss best practices. Nine implementing bodies are involved, with Simico S.p.A. of allocated funds.

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The FBI is using AI to mine threat tips, but isn’t sharing much detail

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And they appear to show that the FBI was looking at this tool from 2019 to 2020, and then picked up interest again in the technology relatively recently. A privacy impact assessment for the TIPS database, which was approved in 2020, does not mention any use of artificial intelligence.

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ICE says it’s stopped using commercial telemetry data

FedScoop

ICE specifically did not have an approved CTD privacy impact assessment, a type of disclosure meant to provide an overview into how personal information could be used by a digital technology deployed by the government, violating internal DHS privacy policies and the E-Government Act.

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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

1 Netherlands Model BIT 2019 ), CSR clauses (e.g. For instance, the South African Development Community Model BIT Template mandates investors to conduct an environmental impact assessment ( Art. 1 Netherlands Model BIT 2019 ). This contribution seeks to shed light on this question. 11-18 IISD Model 2005 ).

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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 ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019.

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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 ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019.

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