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- This time it should be personal: EP takes strong stance on data protection law
- The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties committee vote today as they lead efforts to seal an update of EU Data Protection and privacy laws. — last modified 21 October 2013, 17:48 CET — filed under: Consumer, Data protection — Relevance: 1%
- EU member states mostly fail to improve consumer protection against risks of harmful AI
- Ministers have reached a disappointing position for consumers on the AI Act, a vital piece of legislation to regulate AI and meant to protect consumers from ... — last modified 06 December 2022, 18:26 CET — filed under: Research & Technology, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU concludes reform with stronger guarantee rights for consumers in future
- The EU institutions have approved a deal which includes rights for consumers of digital content and services like software, streaming or game downloads for the ... — last modified 30 January 2019, 00:17 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer groups welcome new EU consumer policy strategy for the next five years
- Today the European Commission adopted the "Consumer Agenda", its consumer policy strategy for the next five years. It lays down the Commission's consumer ... — last modified 13 November 2020, 16:51 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Proposed ban on 'forever chemicals' essential step towards toxic-free consumer lives
- Today, the European Chemicals Agency published details of a request by four EU Member States (1) and Norway to restrict the use of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl ... — last modified 07 February 2023, 22:54 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers to get extra protection when taking out a loan
- Consumers will get much-needed extra protection when taking out credit (as of 2025), with the European Parliament giving its final stamp of approval to the ... — last modified 13 September 2023, 00:14 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Internet users better off as EU moves to protect net neutrality
- The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) welcomes today’s decision to keep the internet free and able to innovate. The EU body gathering national telecom ... — last modified 30 August 2016, 23:48 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Survey: Consumers see potential of artificial intelligence but raise serious concerns
- According to a survey conducted by consumer groups in nine EU countries published today, consumers believe that artificial intelligence (AI) can bring ... — last modified 07 September 2020, 16:35 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Google’s Fitbit takeover: EU merger control proves unable to protect consumers in the digital economy
- BEUC, representing the interests of consumers in 32 European countries, deeply regrets that the European Commission's decision to approve Google's takeover of ... — last modified 18 December 2020, 16:51 CET — filed under: Consumer, Competition — Relevance: 1%
- Futile European Parliament vote on bank deposit guarantees
- Today’s European Parliament vote on EU rules governing deposit guarantees – which protect consumers when banks go bankrupt – has regrettably been in vain. — last modified 16 February 2012, 14:34 CET — filed under: banks — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers insufficiently informed about safe use of food containers and kitchenware, new survey shows
- Consumers could be exposing themselves to food-related risks, as they experience a lack of safe use instructions for food containers and kitchenware. Many ... — last modified 13 April 2023, 20:18 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Many goods recalled, many good reasons for stricter surveillance
- New figures out today for the number of hazardous non-food products recalled in 2015 confirm the urgent need to tighten product surveillance rules in Europe. — last modified 26 April 2016, 00:23 CET — filed under: Consumer, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- BEUC reaction to European Commission's energy crisis response
- Today the European Commission announced a Joint European action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy. Please find below a reaction from BEUC (The ... — last modified 08 March 2022, 22:53 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Consumer, Russia — Relevance: 1%
- EU plans on digital economy are step in right direction but more ambition is needed
- The European Commission today put forward its plans to update the EU’s rules about digital services such as those offered by online search companies (e.g. ... — last modified 15 December 2020, 21:06 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Data Act important for competition and consumer choice
- The European Commission's proposal published today to set up new rules on data-sharing, including conditions and protections on data portability and ... — last modified 23 February 2022, 23:10 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer, Data protection, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Privacy Shield opens hole in protection of EU citizens' privacy
- The European Commission today is clearing the way for the transfer of EU consumers' personal data to the US. However, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) ... — last modified 12 July 2016, 17:47 CET — filed under: Consumer, USA, Data protection — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament calls for TiSA agreement that protects and benefits consumers
- Today, the European Parliament’s plenary adopted recommendations to the European Commission on the ongoing ‘Trade in Services’ (TiSA) agreement. — last modified 03 February 2016, 22:51 CET — filed under: Consumer, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- EU reaches unambitious deal on Roaming charges and Net Neutrality
- Negotiations between the European Parliament and Council on a Telecoms Single Market regulation concluded today, setting a deadline to abolish roaming charges ... — last modified 30 June 2015, 14:04 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- 'Farm to Fork': EU Parliament calls for much needed food system overhaul
- The European Parliament just lent strong support to the ‘Farm to Fork Strategy’, setting the EU on the path towards a more sustainable food system. The ... — last modified 20 October 2021, 22:49 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Agriculture, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- Preventable yet everywhere: harmful chemicals found in all kinds of consumer products underline need for stricter EU regulation
- In a new compilation of recent product tests by its members - national consumer organisations across Europe - BEUC finds that everyday consumer products are ... — last modified 10 October 2023, 17:08 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer credit: EU Member States propose to prevent overindebtedness but fail to capture new forms of lending
- EU Member States have just adopted their position on updated rules for consumer credit. This follows a strong European Commission proposal to modernise the ... — last modified 09 June 2022, 12:26 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- WhatsApp under pressure to clarify practices following consumer groups' complaint
- Today, the European Commission and the CPC-Network (the European network of consumer authorities) announced the launch of a dialogue with WhatsApp: the ... — last modified 27 January 2022, 21:55 CET — filed under: Media, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Commission Digital Markets Act enforcement against tech giants a boost for consumers
- Today, the Commission has launched investigative proceedings against Meta, Google and Apple for failing to comply with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act, in a ... — last modified 25 March 2024, 19:03 CET — filed under: Consumer, Competition, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- New "optional" EU Sales law makes consumer protection a guessing game
- BEUC, the European Consumers’ Organisation has strong concerns about the European Commission’s proposal of an “optional” Common Sales Law due October 11. — last modified 13 October 2011, 18:09 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Major airlines told to comply with passenger rights following BEUC complaint
- Following a complaint that BEUC and 11 of its members filed in July 2020 about systematic breaches of air passenger rights in the first half of 2020, and ... — last modified 30 September 2021, 23:50 CET — filed under: Consumer, airlines, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- EU institutions reach historic deal on EU-wide collective redress law
- The EU institutions approved a law which would allow citizens in all EU countries to go to court as a group if they have suffered the same damage. Consumer ... — last modified 23 June 2020, 17:59 CET — filed under: EU Law, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers to get basic energy efficiency standards in housing but are given mixed signals on heating
- Consumers will benefit from new basic housing standards that will allow them to use less energy to heat or cool their homes, according to the European ... — last modified 15 December 2021, 17:27 CET — filed under: Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer organisations across EU call on Apple to stop misleading practices on product guarantees
- 11 consumer organisation members of BEUC are today calling for an immediate halt to misleading practices by Apple in relation to consumers’ product guarantee ... — last modified 19 March 2012, 23:00 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament formally adopts new telecom rules and caps expensive intra-EU calls
- The European Parliament has today formally confirmed the deal reached last June between MEPs and Member States on a broad reform of the EU’s telecoms rules. — last modified 14 November 2018, 20:33 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- EU adequately updates product safety rules for today's market
- EU institutions have concluded a reform of product safety legislation. While the new law reflects market developments such as the rise of connected products, ... — last modified 29 November 2022, 22:30 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%