Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Avast Software s.r.o. (Avast)
EU Transparency Register
379331539649-04 First registered on 18 Sep 2020
Goals / Remit
Avast provide products and services for security, data privacy, and device optimization.
Main EU files targeted
· Communication from the Commission – COM(2020) 67– Shaping Europe’s Digital Future
· Communication from the Commission – COM(2020) 66 – A European strategy for data
· Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
· Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (notified under document C(2016) 4176)
· Proposal for a Regulation concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC
· Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union
· White Paper from the Commission – COM(2020) 65 – On Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust
· Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal MarketAddress
Head Office
Pikrtova 1737/1a
Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The two employees committed less than 10% of their time to efforts in these areas.
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
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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 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
6 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 19 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the digital transition sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - UNI Europa
- European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training
- Asociatia Transilvania IT
- IOTA Stiftung
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- TIM S.p.A.
- Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- SAP
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Date 19 Jul 2021 Location Videoconférence Subject Skills Roundtable on Digital Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship
- Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
- SAP
- fit4internet - Verein zur Steigerung der digitalen Kompetenzen in Österreich
- European Forum of technical and Vocational Education and Training
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Capgemini Invent - the Netherlands
- IOTA Stiftung
- Immutable Insight GmbH
- TIM S.p.A.
- Asociatia Transilvania IT
- UNI Europa
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Date 22 Apr 2021 Location video conference Subject Data protection, Artificial intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Apr 2021 Location VTC Subject Discussion on Artificial Intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
- Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
- Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
- Asa Webber (Cabinet member)
- Gosia Pearson (Cabinet member)
- Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member)
- Tom Snels (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Dec 2020 Location Brussels (virtual) Subject Artificial Intelligence, Data Strategy, Data Governance, European Democracy Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2020 Location video conference Subject data protection and transfer of personal data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Meetings