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> It's a shame that the story went viral only after a Navalny team chief investigator tweeted about it. Maybe because it's not that big of a story? The ruling
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> It's a shame that the story went viral only after a Navalny team chief investigator tweeted about it.
Maybe because it's not that big of a story? The ruling only says that the register can't be public, not that the register itself is illegal. Law enforcement and the people actually involved seizing assets still have access to it. For what's it's worth I became aware of this a week ago because I read this blog: https://raytodd.blog/2022/11/22/eu-aml-directive-the-provision-whereby-the-information-on-the-beneficial-ownership-of-companies-incorporated-within-the-territory-of-the-member-states-is-accessible-in-all-cases-to-any-member-of-the/ https://raytodd.blog/2022/11/22/eu-aml-directive-the-provisi...
- sam_lowry_ 4y agoYou can't imagine how many business processes will have to change and how many business opportunities will void if company ownership information suddenly becomes private.
- from 4y agoSo people who scrape public records for a living will be out of work? Or will the journalists at the OCCRP ICIJ et al who make their living harassing businesspeople from "undesirable" countries have to work a little harder when writing their stories? Not sure how to assess how much of a loss to society this will be.
- sam_lowry_ 4y agoWhois database switched from a public record database where individual registrant names and addresses are published into an opaque and largely useless thing where personal information is hidden either by registrars or worse by the likes of MarkMonitor. The same avaits UBO registers and public company databases if we do not oppose this.
- from 4y agoI do not see that as a bad thing because Whois databases have long been used as a tool for doxxing, spam, and harassment.