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Spain: Worst Company of the Year nominees announced by FACUA

Nominations for the FACUA Worst Company of the Year award have opened. Spanish consumer rights organisation and CI member, FACUA, have announced the nominees as Bankinter, Ryanair, Movistar, Power Balance and Vodafone.

There are five nominees in each category, selected by FACUA after analysing proposals made by consumers, their territorial organisations and departments of Communication, Legal and Technical Analysis and Control of Advertising, Products and Services.

Other categories

In addition to Worst Company of the Year, other categories include:

Worst Practice of the Year, which includes tricking consumers into giving over their mobile phone numbers with surveys and then charging exorbitant rates to receive the text messages.

Worst Advert of the Year, which includes an advertisment for Actimel by Danone for changing the name of the bacteria L Casei Inmunitas for L Casei Danone.

Winners

The 'winners' of the Worst Compnay of the Year will be announced on 15 March 2011, coinciding with World Consumer Rights Day.

Consumers can vote at https://www.facua.org/lapeorempresa/
(in Spanish only).

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