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Speech Sustainability and Cooperation, Martijn Snoep GCR Connect, April 28, 2021
Speech Martijn Snoep chairman Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets on conference GCR Connect: Sustainability and Cooperation. Governments, companies and consumers, everyone should contribute to achieve Europe’s new climate goals to prevent a … -
ACM launches investigations into misleading sustainability claims in three sectors
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched investigations into misleading sustainability claims in the following sectors: energy, dairy products, and clothes. ACM has chosen these sectors because it had found many potentially … -
Letters to companies in the energy, clothing, and dairy sectors about sustainability claims
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) has sent letters to more than 170 companies requesting them to check their sustainability claims, and if necessary, adjust them to bring them in line with consumer protection legislation. Consumers … -
ACM: fiber-optic roll-out experiences accelerated development in the Netherlands
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) sees a positive trend in the Dutch fiber-optic market, where the roll-out has been scaled up considerably, and more and more fiber-optic is rolled out in larger, interconnected areas in individual … -
Google to require providers to add information about data use to apps in its app store
In its app store Google Play, Google will require app providers to indicate what personal data each app uses. Google will introduce this requirement this summer. Apple already implemented this requirement in late-2020. Starting in 2022, consumers will be … -
ACM supports request to investigate acquisition of Kustomer by Facebook
The European Commission will investigate the acquisition of customer-service software maker Kustomer by Facebook. Various national competition authorities, including the ACM, support Austria’s request to the European Commission to assess this acquisition. … -
ACM launches market study into cloud services
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched a study in order to find out whether the market for cloud services is functioning well for people and businesses in the Netherlands. The objective of the first phase of this study is …