Consumentenbond, as an independent, non-profit organization with no affiliation with any political or philosophical movement or organization, aims to promote the interests of consumers in general and its members in particular in the Netherlands—and, as far as possible and if necessary, beyond its borders. Consumentenbond tries to achieve its objectives by all lawful means which do not harm the objective or independence of Consumentenbond.

The objects of the foundation are to represent the interests of damaged parties with regard to any form of disadvantage and mass damage that the damaged parties claim to have suffered or will suffer as a result of any fraudulent, misleading or unfair commercial practice that is unlawful under the applicable regulations, including - but not limited to - one or more violation(s) of (European, Dutch or foreign) competition law or (European, Dutch or foreign) consumer law, or other forms of unlawful conduct. The foundation also aims to do everything that is related to or may be conducive to the foregoing, all in the broadest sense of the word, including but not limited to: 

1. taking action against (threatened) infringements of the rights of damaged parties in connection with violations of competition law, including cartel agreements and abuse of a dominant position;
2. taking action against (threatened) infringements of rights or the position of damages parties in relation to violations of Union and/or national consumer protection regulations, including but not limited to Council Directive 93/13/EEC of five April nineteen hundred and ninety-three (05-04-1993) on unfair terms in consumer contracts, the Consumer Protection Directive/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of twenty-fix October two thousand and eleven (25-10-2011) on consumer rights, amending the Unfair Terms Directive of the Council and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of eleven May two thousand and five (11-05-2005) concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and/or any national laws or regulations deriving therefrom;
3. acting against (threatened) infringements of rights and position of damages parties in connection with financial services or products, where damage has been caused by, but not limited to, deception, fraud, price manipulation and/or non-disclosure of price-sensitive information, non-conformity of products and/or product liability and/or in connection with violations of Union and/or national regulations;
4. acting against (threatened) infringements of rights of damages parties in connection with a defect in or of a product;
5. the representation of the interests of damaged parties in connection with a specific claim;
6. representing the joint interests of damaged parties and representing any damaged parties in legal proceedings within the Netherlands and other jurisdictions, including civil, criminal and regulatory proceedings, as the case may be;
7. obtaining and distributing financial compensation for (part of) the damage which any damaged party, including participants, has or may have suffered;
8. doing all that is connected therewith or may be conducive thereto, all to be interpreted in the broadest sense; 

 in far as this is deemed appropriate by the board.

SDBN is a non-profit foundation incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands. Its mission is to protect the interests of victims who have been harmed as a result of violations of their privacy and/or unlawful processing of their personal data, and to ensure that existing breaches are remedied and victims are adequately compensated. 

The objective of the foundation is to advocate for the interests of natural persons who use the internet and/or use other products and/or services that process personal data, as a result of which these users may at any time have to deal with a violation of their right to privacy, including but not limited to their right to protection of personal data, or may have to deal with a violation of their consumer rights, or violation of other fundamental or legal rights, all in the broadest sense of the word. The foundation also aims to do everything that is related to the aforementioned or that may be conducive to it, all in the broadest sense of the word, including but not limited to:  

a. advocating for the interests of aggrieved parties in the Netherlands and the rest of the world; 

b. promoting the (collective) interests of aggrieved parties and representing aggrieved parties in legal proceedings within the Netherlands and in other jurisdictions, such as civil, criminal and administrative proceedings, as the case may be; 

c. obtaining and distributing financial compensation for (part of) the damages that the aggrieved parties, including participants, claim to have suffered; 

d. everything related to the above or that may be conducive to it, all in the broadest sense of the word; 

all this insofar as the board deems it appropriate. 

The association aims to promote the interests of and provide information to investors, mainly in Europe, and to promote adequate governance according to national and international standards ofissuers of securities, all in the broadest sense of the word. The association shall attempt to achieve its objective by, among other things: 

a. exercising the rights - including the exercise of meeting and voting rights - to securities held by the association and to securities held by other persons, provided that the association has been authorized to do so;

b. providing information and conducting legal proceedings, instituting collective actions as referred to in Article 305a paragraph 1 of Book 3 of the Dutch Civil Code or a statutory provision replacing it or a foreign provision on the basis of which actions can be instituted in a collective interest,

c. reaching settlements, including agreements as referred to in Article 900 of Book 7 of the Dutch Civil Code and filing petitions as referred to in Article 1013 of the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure or foreign arrangements that may form the basis for collective agreements to be concluded abroad;

d. disseminating knowledge of management and investment of funds; 

e. maintaining contacts with relevant policymakers, government agencies, supervisors, and financial institutions, stock exchanges, companies, and universities; 

f. representing the interests of non-members by entering into contractual relationships with, among others, institutional investors; and  

g. publishing and distributing publications, whether or not via its website;

The Foundation aims, as an independent and non-profit organization, to protect the interests of Affected Parties, being groups of individuals, companies, and/or legal entities in the Netherlands and/or abroad, who have been or are at risk of being affected in a similar interest within the meaning of the EU Representative Actions Directive (EU 2020/1828), and thereby have one or more claims against any third party(ies) related to Mass Damages suffered or to be suffered by these individuals, companies, and/or legal entities.

Promoting the interests of natural persons, in particular of consumers and minors, who use online services that breach the rights of those natural persons at any moment, which includes but is not limited to infringements of fundamental rights, such as the right not to be discriminated and the right to protection of privacy and protection of personal data, as well as infringements of consumer rights and laws and regulations intended to protect minors.