UFC-Que Choisir explained

UFC-Que Choisir
Formation:1951
Purpose:Consumer movement
Headquarters:233, Boulevard Voltaire, Paris 11e[1]
Region Served:France
Language:French
Key People:Alain Bazot (president)

UFC-Que Choisir is a French consumers group with 160 domestic local groups.[2]

UFC-Que Choisir defends the rights of consumers in litigation against corporations, and pushes for public policies reinforcing the rights of consumers.

It publishes a magazine called Que Choisir ("What to Choose").

Data privacy

It filed a lawsuit in France's Tribunal de Grande Instance against Facebook, Google, and Twitter for "abusive" and "illegal" practices regarding data privacy and their failure to modify their privacy policies and terms of service despite repeated warnings and months of negotiations. They faulted the terms of services for being "incomprehensible, illegible, filled with hyperlinks...and sometimes referring to pages in English". Their statement accused the companies of shirking responsibility: "If the social media networks are particularly greedy in terms of data, they are dieting when it comes to responsibility".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UFC-Que Choisir: Qui sommes-nous. UFC-Que Choisir. 31 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Un Litige? : Contactez l'association locale la plus proche. UFC-Que Choisir.
  3. News: Best. Jo. Google, Facebook, Twitter face lawsuit over 'illegible, incomprehensible' privacy policies. ZDNet. 27 March 2014.