Ongoing actions and cases

Consumer groups filed a complaint with national data protection authorities against Meta’s pay-or-consent model.

Meta has been rolling out changes to its service in the EU in November 2023 which require Facebook and Instagram users to, either consent to the processing of their data for advertising purposes by the company, or pay in order not to be shown advertisemen

BEUC, 13 of its members and other consumer organisations filed a complaint to EU authorities in November 2023 about misleading recyclability claims on bottled water products marketed by major drinking water traders, such as Coca-Cola, Danone and Nestlé.

Consumer groups filed a complaint against Google’s to ensure the company’s practices comply with the EU’s GDPR.

Consumer organisations filed complaints against Google’s integrated tracking of user locations through.