
Euroconsumers: Consumer Organization in Europe, previously known as Conseur - European Consumers, is a private independent multinational corporation, based in
Luxembourg, that works in
Belgium,
Spain,
Portugal,
Italy,
Luxembourg and
Brazil, representing 1.5 million households.
The main objectives of Euroconsumers are to promote and defend
consumer interests, such as
freedom of choice,
access to information,
education and
justice, and
right to health, safety and a healthy environment.
Euroconsumers is an umbrella for a number of national
consumer organization
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution.
Consumer Organizations may operate via protests, litigation, Adver ...
s, co-ordinating their actions at a European level with regard to customers of airlines, nutritional information on food packaging, technology, and social media. Their
class action lawsuit against
Facebook led to a groundbreaking decision in an Italian regional court on the value of
private data.
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Member organizations include:
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Test Achats
Test Aankoop (Dutch) or Test Achats (French) is a Belgian non-profit consumer organization which promotes consumer protection. It was founded in 1957 and publishes research in a subscription magazine.
History
Test Achats was founded by Louis Darms ...
(Belgium), called "Test Aankoop" or "Test Achats"
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OCU (Spain), called "Organizacion de Consumidores y Usuarios"
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Deco Proteste (Portugal)
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Altroconsumo (Italy)
Proteste(Brazil)
References
External links
Euroconsumers Official website
Consumer organisations in Luxembourg
1990 establishments in Europe