Overview
Lobbying Costs
325,000€
Financial year: Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
40
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
BSA | The Software Alliance (BSA)
EU Transparency Register
75039383277-48 First registered on 26 Feb 2010
Goals / Remit
BSA | The Software Alliance is the voice of the world's software industry and its hardware partners on a wide range of business and policy affairs. BSA’s mission is to promote conditions in which the information technology (IT) industry can thrive and contribute to the prosperity, security, and quality of life of all people.
Most of BSA policy, legal, and educational efforts are led and conducted at the national level, with a growing emphasis on emerging economies. BSA is active in 88 countries. BSA’s European policy work is focused on a number of areas which include Copyright and Intellectual Property, Security and Cybercrime, Piracy and Enforcement, Trade and E-Commerce. In Europe the BSA government affairs and public policy program provides the following specific member services:
•Provide strategic advice to BSA member companies on public policy and legal developments affecting the IT/software industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, notably on intellectual property protection and sector-specific technology and IT competiveness issues.
•Develop sound government affairs and advocacy initiatives promoting the objectives of the BSA members
•Work with the media to increase public support of the IT sector, including to promote the value of Intellectual Property
•Reach out to EU policy makers and support, as appropriate, public policy initiatives, advocacy platforms and other alliances involving BSA members together with EU policy makers and key industry players
BSA public policy activites are developed and implemented on the basis of a consensus-based decision process involving all BSA member companies approachMain EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Jan 2014
Name Start date End Date Hadrien VALEMBOIS 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Irma GUDZIUNAITE 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Matteo QUATTROCCHI 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Thomas BOUE 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Mr Hadrien Valembois 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Irma GUDZIUNAITE 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Thomas BOUE 17 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023 Mr Thomas BOUE 29 Sep 2022 29 Sep 2023 Mr Hadrien Valembois 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023 Ms Irma GUDZIUNAITE 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023 Mr Goran Gotev 26 Feb 2020 07 Nov 2020 Mr Thomas BOUE 07 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Isabelle ROCCIA 27 Jun 2019 27 Jun 2020 Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 12 Jun 2019 12 Jun 2020 Ms Eleni CHRONOPOULOU 12 Jun 2019 23 Oct 2019 Ms Christine LYNCH 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020 Mr Thomas BOUE 30 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Mr patrick Alexander Whalen 03 Jul 2018 07 Feb 2019 Ms Angeliki KARAMPOUROUNI 08 Jun 2018 04 Jul 2018 Ms Eleni CHRONOPOULOU 25 May 2018 25 May 2019 Mr Matteo Quattrocchi 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Mr Christian TRONCOSO 17 Oct 2017 01 May 2018 Mr Thomas BOUE 31 Aug 2017 30 Aug 2018 Mr Alexandre Roure 31 Aug 2017 20 Nov 2017 Mr Dimitrios Michail Banas 20 Jul 2017 10 Nov 2017 Mr patrick Alexander Whalen 20 Jul 2017 01 Jul 2018 Mr Thomas BOUE 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Mr Alexandre Roure 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Ms Sofia TRÉNOR MICHELENA 05 Sep 2016 06 May 2017 Mr Banas Dimitrios Michail 28 Apr 2016 28 Apr 2017 Mr Thomas BOUE 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Mr Alexandre Roure 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Ms Sofia TRÉNOR MICHELENA 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Mr Thomas BOUE 04 Oct 2014 08 Sep 2015 Mr Alexandre Roure 05 Sep 2014 01 Sep 2015 Ms Rita Balogh 22 Aug 2014 28 Apr 2015 Mr Thomas BOUE 17 Oct 2013 04 Oct 2014 Ms Rita Balogh 20 Sep 2013 22 Aug 2014 Mr Alexandre Roure 27 Jun 2013 25 Jun 2014 Mr Thomas BOUE 30 Oct 2012 16 Oct 2013 Mr Philip EDER-LEVACHER 27 Oct 2012 16 Oct 2013 Mr Alexandre Roure 27 Oct 2012 01 May 2013 Mr Philip EDER-LEVACHER 14 Nov 2011 27 Oct 2012 Mr Thomas BOUE 16 Nov 2011 30 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Thomas Boué (Director, Government Affairs, EMEA)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade, business & professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
325,000€
Other financial info
Cost of BSA Global Annual Studies (Piracy, IT Competiveness Index and IDC Piracy Economic Impact) sponsored by BSA (US) are not included in the above calculation
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
40 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 20 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject the intersection between Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject AI and Data policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU’s Digital package Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject E-commerce Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Dec 2020 Location Brussels Subject Artificial Intelligence, Data Strategy, Digital sovereignty Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2020 Location Phone call Subject Introductory phone discussion on BSA concerns about privacy, security and IPR in the future DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject AI White paper and the European Data Strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject AI White paper and the European Data Strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 27 Jun 2019 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)
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Date 26 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Digital Trade Agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Fredrik Beckvid Tranchell (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject e-evidence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, privacy shield, e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- European Round Table for Industry
- European CIO Association
- European Banking Federation
- SMEunited aisbl
- ESOMAR
- Ecommerce Europe
- DIGITALEUROPE
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- GSMA Europe
- ITI - The Information Technology Industry Council
- EuroCommerce
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Bruxelles Subject Victoria Espinel would like to engage with senior EU policy makers on AI, the privacy shield review, data flows in trade agreements and e-evidence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - EuroCommerce
- Ecommerce Europe
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- DIGITALEUROPE
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- European Round Table for Industry
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- SMEunited aisbl
- ESOMAR
- European Internet Services Providers Association
- GSMA Europe
- BUSINESSEUROPE
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Transatlantic Digital Policy . Other participants: 4 Members of US Congress and their Congressional Staff Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity and encryption Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 13 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Transformation of the DSM, Free Flow of Data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject GDPR Implementation and Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Internet Services Providers Association
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Ecommerce Europe
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- European Magazine Media Association
- European CIO Association
- European Banking Federation
- SMEunited aisbl
- DIGITALEUROPE
- European Newspaper Publishers' Association
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- European Round Table for Industry
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
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Date 19 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Discussion with industry on general data protection regulation implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Federation of European Data and Marketing
- European Banking Federation
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Ecommerce Europe
- SMEunited aisbl
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- European Internet Services Providers Association
- DIGITALEUROPE
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Coalition of European Organisations on Data Protection
- European Round Table for Industry
- European CIO Association
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Date 08 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Free flow of data, data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Dec 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Sep 2016 Location Bruxelles Subject startups, data, international Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Privacy shield, data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 25 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-US Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-US Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with tech businesses after Safe Harbour ruling Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject WEF, DSM DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM action plan, cybersecurity, data flows and intellectual rights Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM action plan, cybersecurity, data flows and intellectual property rights Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject WEF, DSM DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Agenda DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists