Posts tagged with privacy

Who owns our companies: why privacy isn’t always in the public interest

blogs Dr Loren Treisman · Jun 2019

The Panama Papers leak shook society and seriously undermined public trust in both business and government. The Papers revealed how anonymous companies have been used to hide corruption, finance terrorism, help the wealthiest avoid tax and launder money made through...

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Guest Post: Evaluating the Personal Privacy Objections to Public Beneficial Ownership Registries

blogs Adriana Edmeades-Jones and Tom Walker, for The Engine Room · Mar 2019

In a new report, OpenOwnership, The Engine Room, and The B Team propose a framework to evaluate the issue of beneficial ownership registers and the right to privacy, borrowing from the structured analysis of international human rights law.

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Can beneficial ownership transparency really be compatible with data protection?

blogs Zosia Sztykowski & Tom Walker, The Engine Room · Oct 2018

Originally published on the Open Government Partnership blog.

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