Press releases

On 14 November, the Attorney General of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered his opinion on the collective action of Max Schrems against Facebook. Max Schrems, an Austrian citizen, has brought a case to court in Austria on behalf of 25,000 Austrian and foreign consumers to claim compensation from Facebook for violation of their privacy rights.

Today, international law firm Hausfeld filed a claim on behalf of 15,000 German car owners affected by the dieselgate scandal at a German court. This case is a clear signal that VW will not escape its responsibility towards consumers in Europe.

Consumer organisations in Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland1 have announced that they will collect claims of car owners affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal to demand compensation in court. Since the scandal broke, The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and its member organisations, national consumer groups, have been working together to hold VW accountable for its fraudulent practices and to compensate consumers.

National consumer authorities and the European Commission today sent a letter to Volkswagen to urge them to improve and speed up their recall measures.