Navigation products and services
Company Ownership
TomTom Sales BV
AUS
TomTom International BV
owns 100% of TomTom Sales BV
NLD
Navigation and mapping
Founded in 1991, today the company is Europe's largest manufacturer of electronic navigation products including automotive navigation devices and software for smartphones and PDAs.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Apr 2025)
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TomTom Sales BV
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Misleading representations
In 2019 three manufacturers of consumer GPS navigation products, including this company, agreed to stop using 'lifetime' claims in their advertising of navigation services after the ACCC raised concerns these statements were potentially false, misleading or deceptive.
Source: ACCC
(2019)
Privacy breach fears
This company said it was planning to sell GPS data collected about its customers' journeys to road authorities and private companies. This was after it had been forced to apologise when the same data was used by Dutch authorities to set speed traps. TomTom Sales in Australia rejected privacy concerns and claimed it was 'tracking users' by collecting real-time 'timestamped GPS data' of users journeys and the data was decoupled from individual users.
Source: news article
(2011)
TomTom International BV
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Low ESG Risk
Sustainalytics, a top ESG research firm, evaluates environmental, social, and governance risks for over 16,000 companies. Its ESG Risk Rating reflects how much risk a company faces in its industry and how well it manages those risks. The final score includes both unmanaged and unmanageable risks, and companies are rated on a scale from negligible (0-10) to severe (40+). This company received an ESG Risk Rating of 18.1, placing it in the "low risk" category (retrieved April 2025).
Source: Sustainalytics
(2025)
Responsible Business Alliance member
This company is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition), a non-profit coalition of electronics companies which supports the rights and wellbeing of workers and communities worldwide affected by the global electronics supply chain. RBA members commit and are held accountable to a common Code of Conduct and utilize a range of RBA training and assessment tools to support continuous improvement in the social, environmental and ethical responsibility of their supply chains.
Source: RBA
(2022)
Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website under the headings environmental compliance, chemical substances management, waste take-back and recycling, and supply chain management.
Source: company website
(2020)
C+ grade at Behind the Barcode
C+ grade in the Baptist World Aid Australia's Behind the Barcode 'Ethical Electronics Guide 2016', which grades companies on their efforts to mitigate the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation throughout their supply chains. Assessment criteria fall into four main categories: policies, traceability & transparency, monitoring & training and worker rights. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: company website
(2016)
Company Details
Type:
Wholly-owned subsidiary
Contact Details
Address:
Suite 1/3, Richardson Place, North Ryde, NSW, 2113, Australia
Freecall:
1300 135 604
Website:
Products / Brands
TomTom Sales
TomTom
GPS