Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Automattic
EU Transparency Register
513729920039-18 First registered on 21 Dec 2015
Goals / Remit
Our aim is to democratize publishing on the web. We seek to achieve this through the provision and operation of the WordPress.com online platform, and associated products and services.
Main EU files targeted
We have had minimum involvement in previous EU initiatives or consultations, and have only contributed to the following so far: "Public consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the collaborative economy"
Address
Head Office
60 29th Street #343
California
San Francisco CA 94110
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Stephen Blythe (Community Guardian)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Paul Sieminski (General Counsel)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
We have not dedicated any resources to European lobbying in this manner yet.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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.
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Date 09 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Regulation of digital services and fragmentation of the internal market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2021 Location Brussels (WEBEX) Subject Digital Services Act and the future of the Open Internet Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2021 Location Virtual Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists