Financial Data Surveillance: Lessons from the US

Does financial data warrant special attention when it comes to data-sharing policies – particularly with government bodies?

In this episode we’re taking a look at lessons and ongoing debates from North America, paying particular attention to the hearing of a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on 7th March as part of the inquiry into the 6th of January insurrection incident of 2021.

References and Research:

• Full hearing - Weaponization of the Federal Government - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSiNbZQXVu0&t=9947s&ab_channel=HouseCommitteeontheJudiciary
• Federal Constitution of Malaysia (PDF) - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.jac.gov.my/spk/images/stories/10_akta/perlembagaan_persekutuan/federal_constitution.pdf
• The police and your basic rights, Malaysian Bar - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/cms/upload_files/document/Red%20Book%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Police%20and%20Your%20Basic%20Rights%20(English).pdf
• Criminal Procedure Code - Act 593 - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ccid.rmp.gov.my/Laws/Act_593_-_Criminal_Procedure_Code_(CPC).pdf
• Prevention of Crime Act: Balancing act between public safety and civil liberties, P. Sundramoorthy - https://twentytwo13.my/opinion/prevention-of-crime-act-balancing-act-between-public-safety-and-civil-liberties/#:~:text=POCA%20allows%20the%20police%20to,to%20public%20safety%20and%20security.
• Prevention of Crimes Act 1959 (PDF) - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Malaysia/MY_Prevention_Crime_Act.pdf
• Official Secrets Act 1972 - http://www.commonlii.org/my/legis/consol_act/osa1972156/
• Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (PDF) - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.sprm.gov.my/admin/files/sprm/assets/pdf/penguatkuasaan/act-694-bi.pdf
• Management of Customer Information and Permitted Disclosures BNM - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.bnm.gov.my/documents/20124/938039/PD_Management_of_Customer_Information_MCIPD_apr2023.pdf
• Enforcement Agencies' Power of Surveillance: The Need for Governance, Abdul Samad Abdul Ghani,
• The government says Ive got my eyes on you, 2022 - https://techwireasia.com/08/2022/the-government-says-i-got-my-eyes-on-you/
• Canada Ends Its Freeze on Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html