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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

9

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Access Now

    EU Transparency Register

    71149477682-53 First registered on 11 Jan 2012

    Goals / Remit

    Access Now defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world. By combining innovative policy, user engagement, and direct technical support, we fight for open and secure communications for all.

    Main EU files targeted

    Access Now is actively involved in several EU legislative proposal impacting digital rights of users in Europe, including:
    - General Data Protection Regulation
    - Legislation on Data Retention
    - Privacy Shield
    - AI

    Address

    Head Office
    34 West 27th Street, 6th Floor
    New York 10001 - 9998
    UNITED STATES
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%4

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Brett Solomon 10 Oct 2016 01 Nov 2017
    Ms LUCIE KRAHULCOVA 21 Jun 2016 11 Oct 2016
    Ms LUCIE KRAHULCOVA 05 Feb 2016 02 May 2016
    Ms LUCIE KRAHULCOVA 16 Oct 2015 14 Jan 2016
    Ms Estelle Massé 13 Oct 2015 09 Oct 2016
    Ms Estelle Massé 03 Dec 2014 13 Oct 2015
    Mr Francesco Vinci 17 Oct 2014 23 Dec 2014
    Ms Raegan MacDonald 13 Sep 2014 11 Sep 2015
    Ms Estelle Massé 07 Dec 2013 03 Dec 2014
    Ms Giusy Cannella 24 Aug 2013 23 Aug 2014
    Ms Raegan MacDonald 30 May 2013 24 May 2014
    Ms Raegan MacDonald 19 Apr 2012 17 Jun 2013

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    The amounts indicated in section 13 are shown in EUR, and have been converted from USD based on the 2018 average foreign exchange rate given by ofx.com.

    All information about Access Now's funding sources and financial statements can be found at https://www.accessnow.org/financials

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence#E03591 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3591 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    Access Now is a nonprofit NGO which advocates for the protection of human rights in the digital environment by ensuring an open internet where the rights of citizens - including freedom of expression, freedom of association, access to information and privacy - are upheld. This includes, but is not limited to, copyright and intellectual property issues, privacy (e.g. data protection, data retention, etc) and freedom of expression (media plurality, etc).

    Access Now is a separate legal entity from Access Now Europe who is registered in Belgium. The two entities have different legal structures and staff. Access Now as part of it's global work and strategic plan does work on specific EU issues as described above, in collaboration with Access Now Europe. Due to their partnership, the entities share a website.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    9 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 29 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Political advertising
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject DSA
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Attention points on DSA legislative process
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Content governance, ePrivacy, artificial intelligence
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Data protection, digital services act and artificial intelligence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Dec 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject European human rights agenda in the digital age (launch dinner & debate)
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Privacy Shield
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
      • Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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