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AIFM PASSPORTING – CURRENT RULES IN POLAND

With the accession to the European Union, Poland faced many challenges. With them, however, many opportunities arose. The country was enabled to be part of the European financial market, including the investment fund market. Within the Union, work is constantly being carried out to unify the regulations so that it is possible to conduct business successfully in every member state.

The cons iderations on an AIFM passport should begin with explaining what AIFM is, setting out the background, specificities of the European fund market and the regulations on which the passport is based.

All about AIFM

What is AIFM? The AIFM acronym stands for the Alternative Investment Fund Manager. That is a legal person legal that conduct business activity in the area of the professional management of investment funds.

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KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL TAKES PLACE IN REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING WEBINAR

On September 20, 2022 KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL will take place in webinar dedicated to remote patient monitoring. The webinar will be organized by MedCity and Huma (https://huma.com/about), a global digital health company. Huma’s modular remote monitoring platform helps medtech companies to realize new value, from developing patient relationships to providing real world evidence around peri operative procedures.

The webinar will highlight three aspects of remote monitoring:

Real world data collection

Supercharging patient engagement

Navigating the regulatory landscape

A recent report from Rock Health noted that only 50% of digital health companies collect real world evidence. On the flip side, medtech companies on the whole have yet to realize the value of digital health tech. The webinar will also explore use cases in episodic care, diagnostic care and chronic care.

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KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL TAKES PART IN WEBINAR DEVOTED TO DIGITAL ASSETS BUSINESS – PRESENTED BY BAHAMAS SECURITIES COMMISSION

On 28 September 2022 KG LEGAL KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI’s financial team will take part in the webinar on Digital Assets Business, presented by Bahamas Securities Commission. Bahamas Securities Commission will present framework for Digital Assets Business, as well as an interactive session with Christina R. Rolle, Executive Director, Securities Commission of The Bahamas.

With its groundbreaking Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Bill (DARE Bill) in 2020 and the Government’s 2020 white paper “The Future of Digital Assets in The Bahamas”, The Bahamas has managed to lay a wide regulatory foundation for digital assets. This includes the facilitation of digital token exchange registration and the provision of services related to them, the regulation of digital assets-based payment service businesses, and for the registration of financial services related to the creation, issuance or sale of digital tokens and other digital assets.

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The role of Polish General Inspector of Financial Information in the sphere of cryptocurrency trading activity in Poland

The Polish General Inspector of Financial Information (GIFI) is the main element of the Polish system of counteracting money laundering and financing of terrorism. In the performance of its statutory tasks, the GIFI is assisted by the Polish Financial Information Department of the Ministry of Finance. The GIFI, together with the Department, is considered a financial intelligence unit as defined in the regulations of the European Union.

The Polish General Inspector of Financial Information accepts reports of actual or potential violations of the provisions on counteracting money laundering and terrorist financing from employees, former employees of obligated institutions or other persons who perform or performed activities for the obligated institutions on a basis other than an employment relationship.

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KIELTYKA GLADKOWSKI KG LEGAL TOOK PART IN THE WEBINAR APPLE IOS 14.5: HOW BIG TECH IS CHANGING THE PRIVACY GAME AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MOBILE APPLICATION IN THE NORDICS

The new standard for IOS

The Partners of Kiełtyka Gładkowski KG Legal took part in the webinar concerning the iOS update (14.5) and its consequences for users’ privacy and third-party providers. The speaker was Tom Southern, the Country Offering Manager & Lead Solution Engineer at OneTrust.

While the usage of mobile apps has grown over the pandemic, the focus on privacy has shifted from cookies and websites to mobile apps. The plans to phase out third-party cookies aren’t a novelty in the industry – even Google has announced its plans to do so – but creating an opt in system for third party data collection across the apps in all countries (App Tracking Transparency – ATT) (no matter the country regulations) is a novelty. It is important, as many app developers use a third party to fully develop their app – for example, they may use a vendor to process the in-app payments. Not many users know what data is being collected by the third party.

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