About Us

Stichting Bescherming Privacybelangen is a non-profit Netherlands-based foundation. The Foundation was established in 2021 to protect the interests of consumers in the Netherlands who are affected by Google’s privacy violations. The Foundation is committed to protecting Google users’ right to privacy and ensuring that Google will no longer compromise their rights when it collects, processes, stores, and transfers personal data derived from the use of its products, tools, and services. The Foundation aims to stop Google’s illegal business practices, which are in breach of Dutch and European consumer and privacy laws. In addition, it seeks to secure financial compensation for Dutch consumers who use or previously used Google’s products and services and are therefore aggrieved by Google’s violations.

Through this Action, the Foundation also aims to pressure other major tech companies to implement significant structural changes to protect their users’ privacy. We do not rule out litigating against other parties as well.

The Foundation has an independent Board and Supervisory Board, consisting of privacy advocates and leading specialists experienced in privacy protection and collective actions of social importance. The members of both the Board and Supervisory Board collectively possess the experience and legal expertise to safeguard the interests of the Aggrieved Parties in this Action.