Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik (epicenter.works)
EU Transparency Register
881375334337-75 First registered on 28 Mar 2019
Goals / Remit
"epicenter.works for digital rights" is an Austria-based fundamental rights NGO with a focus on privacy and freedom of speech on the internet. Formerly known as the Working Group on Data Retention Austria (AKVorrat) the organisation succeeded with its complaint in the in the Court of Justice of the European Union that lead to the abolishment of the EU Data Retention Directive in 2014. It also played a leading role in the political debate on net neutrality protections in the EU via the campaign SaveTheInternet.eu. The aim of the organisation is to protect fundamental rights online and offline. To this end, epicenter.works closely follows legislative processes on the national and EU level, and provides tools to empower citizens to make their voices heard.
Main EU files targeted
UrheberrechtsRL, TerrorismusVO, eEvidenceVO, TelekombinnenmarktVO, ePrivacyRL, Audiovisuelle-Dienste-RL, TelekombinnenmarktVO, BEREC Guidelines zur Netzneutralität, e-CommerceRL, Umsetzung der DSGVO, platform regulation, Digital Service Act
Address
Head Office
Widerhofergasse 8/2/4
Wien 1090
AUSTRIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Mar 2020
Name Start date End Date Hannes STUMMER 30 Aug 2023 29 Aug 2024 Thomas LOHNINGER 25 Aug 2023 24 Jul 2024 Ms Maria LOHMANN 23 Sep 2023 02 Dec 2023 Mr Hannes STUMMER 30 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Thomas LOHNINGER 25 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Tanja Fachathaler 01 Sep 2022 01 Sep 2023 Mr Thomas LOHNINGER 01 Sep 2022 01 Aug 2023 Mr Thomas LOHNINGER 12 Mar 2020 12 Mar 2021 Ms Lisa SEIDL 12 Mar 2020 12 Mar 2021 Mr Thomas LOHNINGER 18 Apr 2019 12 Mar 2020 Ms Angelika ADENSAMER 18 Apr 2019 05 Mar 2020 Mr Bernhard HAYDEN 18 Apr 2019 18 Apr 2020 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
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
https://edri.org
https://solidaritaetspakt.orgMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
https://en.epicenter.works/transparency
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Onlinekampagne Pledge2019.eu zur Urheberrechtsreform, Begleitung der Reform der Netzneutralitätsregelungen auf EU und nationaler Ebene, Digital Service Act (https://platformregulation.eu/), General Data Protection Regulation, Algorithm Regulation and critical monitoring of Surveillance Legislation
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 08 Sep 2022 Location online Subject Telecom, Open Internet Regulation. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Wikimedia Foundation
- European Digital Rights
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Access Now Europe
- Counter Extremism Project
- HOMO DIGITALIS ΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΕΡΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ
- Avaaz Foundation
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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
- Meetings