Today, seven consumer organisations from across Europe have announced that they will file complaints against Google with their national data protection authorities1. Based on new research published today by BEUC’s Norwegian member Forbrukerrådet, the consumer groups, all part of the BEUC network, are referring Google to their respective national authorities for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to how the company tracks its users’ location.
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On 27 November, the European Parliament’s committee on the Environment and Food Safety (ENVI) has a unique chance to make risk assessment in the food chain more transparent.
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The European Parliament today voted to upgrade rail passenger rights.
The Parliament wants to increase the compensation consumers should receive if their trains are severely delayed or cancelled. MEPs also want to make it compulsory to sell a ‘through ticket’ for combined journeys, which is when, a consumer books a journey which has more than one leg.
The Parliament wants to increase the compensation consumers should receive if their trains are severely delayed or cancelled. MEPs also want to make it compulsory to sell a ‘through ticket’ for combined journeys, which is when, a consumer books a journey which has more than one leg.
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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. Thanks to the new rules, from May 2019 consumers will pay less when they make a phone call from their home country to another EU-country.
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