Press releases

Today the European Parliament cast an important vote on the reform of EU copyright law. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) very much welcomes the Parliament's decision to reopen the debate and allow changes to a heavily unbalanced position.

Today, The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and researchers from the European University Institute in Florence released a study about how Artificial Intelligence can help scan and analyse privacy policies.

On 22 June, Member State experts will be voting in Brussels to change the way the EU protects consumers against harmful substances in cosmetics. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is extremely concerned this change could create unacceptable health risks. BEUC calls on all national representatives to reject the Commission's stance.

Today, the European Parliament’s lead committee1 adopted its position on a proposal to change the EU copyright law. It foresees among other things that platforms – Google, Facebook and others – must systematically scan content such as videos and music uploaded by users.