Consumer Protection Committee

Press release - MEPs back stricter rules to ensure children’s toys are safe

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Ban on harmful chemicals

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  • Ban on harmful chemicals
    To improve child health protection, the regulation continues to prohibit carcinogenic and mutagenic substances or substances toxic for reproduction (CRM).
  • The adopted text additionally bans chemicals harmful to the endocrine or the respiratory system, and toxic to specific organs.
  • Strengthening checks
    The draft rules provide for manufacturers to create digital product passports for each toy, which detail how it complies with the relevant rules.
  • Background
    Despite the EU market being among the safest in the world, dangerous toys still find their way into consumers’ hands.

Press release - New EU rules needed to make digital platforms less addictive

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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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increasing efficiency, accessibility, connectedness), its addictive design can cause physical, psychological and material harm (loss of concentration and cognitive ability, burnout, stress, depression, limited physical activity).

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  • increasing efficiency, accessibility, connectedness), its addictive design can cause physical, psychological and material harm (loss of concentration and cognitive ability, burnout, stress, depression, limited physical activity).
  • New EU rules needed
    MEPs believe that recent rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Artificial Intelligence Act are not enough to regulate the issue of addictive design.
  • Ethical by design
    MEPs want companies to be obliged to develop ethical and fair digital products and services “by design” without dark patterns, misleading, and addictive design.
  • Quote
    Rapporteur Kim Van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA, NL) said: “No self-discipline can beat the addictive design we are all subject to today.

Press release - MEPs vote for tougher rules on political advertising

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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Restricting targeting strategies and a de facto ban on micro-targeting

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  • Restricting targeting strategies and a de facto ban on micro-targeting
    Under the changes made by MEPs to the Commission’s proposal, only personal data explicitly provided for online political advertising can be used by advert providers.
  • Micro-targeting, a strategy that uses consumer data and demographics to identify the interests of specific individuals, will therefore not be possible.
  • Tackling interference from abroad
    MEPs propose non-EU based entities be banned from financing political advertisements in the EU.
  • Greater transparency
    MEPs also made significant changes to ensure that citizens, authorities and journalists have easy access to information on political advertisement.

Press release - Deal on new rules to protect consumers from taking on too much debt

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Friday, December 2, 2022
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On Friday morning, negotiators from Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement to update the EUs rules on consumer credit.

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  • On Friday morning, negotiators from Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement to update the EUs rules on consumer credit.
  • The new directive on consumer credits (CCD) aims to make the credit markets function smoothly while ensuring a high level of consumer protection.
  • According to the deal, the legislation will cover credit agreements of up to 100,000.
  • Consumers will have the right to early repayment and to reduce the total cost of their credit.

POSIGEN HIRES CHIEF COMPLIANCE & POLICY OFFICER

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PosiGen, the nation's leading provider of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for low-to-moderate (LMI) income homeowners, announces the addition of Steven Burt as Chief Compliance & Policy Officer.

Key Points: 
  • NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PosiGen, the nation's leading provider of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for low-to-moderate (LMI) income homeowners, announces the addition of Steven Burt as Chief Compliance & Policy Officer.
  • In his new role, Steven will manage PosiGen's compliance and risk management program, along with its public policy agenda.
  • He joined Vivint Solar in 2016, where he served as Deputy General Counsel, Vice President, and Head of Compliance, and also worked extensively with the Vivint Solar public policy team.
  • "We are thrilled to have Steven join the PosiGen family," said Dan Black, Chief Legal Officer at PosiGen.

Announcement relating to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

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Friday, April 29, 2022
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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") has now made its determination in respect of the Acquisition and has concluded that it may be put into effect.

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  • The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") has now made its determination in respect of the Acquisition and has concluded that it may be put into effect.
  • Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meanings as given to them in the Scheme Document.
  • The Hibernia REIT Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in this announcement relating to Hibernia REIT, the Hibernia REIT Group and the Hibernia REIT Directors and members of their immediate families, related trusts and persons connected with them.
  • Any failure to comply with the applicable restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Jason Kratovil Joins the Identity Theft Resource Center's Board of Directors

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jason Kratovil of SentiLink has joined the Board of Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jason Kratovil of SentiLink has joined the Board of Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime.
  • "I am happy to welcome Jason Kratovil to the ITRC's Board of Directors," said Eva Velasquez , President and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center.
  • "Jason is an industry leader with valuable experience and skill sets that will help our organization better serve victims of identity crimes.
  • Kratovil is the Head of Public Policy & Industry Relations at SentiLink, a leader in identity verification technology, with solutions to stop synthetic fraud and identity theft in real-time at account opening.