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Guest post: evaluating the personal privacy objections to public beneficial ownership registries
How seriously should we take the “personal privacy” objection to public beneficial ownership registries?
Written by Adriana Edmeades-Jones, Tom Walker
Published: 21 March 2019
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Three takeaways from Kyrgyz Republic on implementing beneficial ownership transparency
In February 2019, alongside the 42nd EITI International Board meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, we launched our report and recommendations for beneficial ownership transparency in the Kyrgyz Republic’s extractives sector
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 01 March 2019
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Can beneficial ownership transparency really be compatible with data protection?
It’s important to ask: can we balance beneficial ownership transparency with the principles of data protection, and if so, how?
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 29 October 2018
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What we really mean when we talk about verification: Truth verification (part 4 of 4)
It is close to impossible to know if any beneficial ownership statement is actually true
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 17 April 2018
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What we really mean when we talk about verification: Validation (part 3 of 4)
Discussing the process of validation and why it’s important for generating high-quality beneficial ownership data
Written by Zosia Sztykowski, Chris Taggart
Published: 01 March 2018