Overview
Lobbying Costs
850,000€
Financial year: Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
25
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Symantec Corporation (SYMC)
EU Transparency Register
3612325809-89 First registered on 18 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Symantec Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Consumer Security and Enterprise Security. The Consumer Security segment offers Norton-branded services that provide multi-layer security and identity protection on desktop and mobile operating systems to defend against online threats to individuals, families, and small businesses. Its Norton Security products help customers protect against complex threats and address the need for identity protection, while also managing mobile and digital data, such as personal financial records, photos, music, and videos. The Enterprise Security segment provides threat protection products, information protection products, cyber security services, and Website security offerings. Its products protect customer data from threats, such as advanced protection threats, malicious spam and phishing attacks, malware, drive-by Website infections, hackers, and cyber criminals; prevent the loss of confidential data by insiders; and help customers achieve and maintain compliance with laws and regulations. This segment delivers its solutions through various methods, such as software, appliance, software-as-a-service, and managed services. The company serves individuals, households, and small businesses; small, medium, and large enterprises; and government and public sector customers. It markets and sells its products and related services through direct sales force, e-commerce platforms, distributors, direct marketers, Internet-based resellers, system builders, Internet service providers, wireless carriers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, and retail and online stores. Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Main EU files targeted
Data protection, network and information security, critical infrastructure, cloud computing, consumer protection, cybecrime, digital single market, free flow of data, telecommunications policy, ePrivacy, trade and export controls, law enforcement and counter-terrorism (encryption, retention), cyberdefence
Address
Head Office
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View CA 94043
UNITED STATESEU Office
11 Schuman
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Goran Gotev 13 Feb 2019 06 Feb 2020 Mr Ilias CHANTZOS 25 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Goran Gotev 24 Feb 2018 01 Feb 2019 Mr Ilias CHANTZOS 03 Feb 2018 25 Jan 2019 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 21 Feb 2017 08 Feb 2018 Mr Ilias CHANTZOS 21 Feb 2017 03 Feb 2018 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 08 Mar 2016 08 Feb 2017 Mr Ilias CHANTZOS 02 Sep 2015 31 Aug 2016 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 11 Feb 2015 29 Feb 2016 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 06 Feb 2014 05 Feb 2015 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 19 Jan 2013 05 Dec 2013 Mr Zoltán PRÉCSÉNYI 23 Jan 2012 01 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
Five public affairs professionals working in-house for Symantec. 2 located in Brussels working 100% on topics related to the registers. 2 others located in London and 1 in Berlin focused on local markets
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Ilias Chantzos (Senior Director Government Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ilias Chantzos (Senior Director Government Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
In Brussels: BSA, European Internet Foundation, AmCham EU
In London: PITCOM, TechUK
In Berlin: Bitkom, G4C, CSRD, D21, TeleTrustMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
850,000€
Other financial info
Symantec does participate in EU funded R&D and has received such grants as part of a consortiums of companies and universities in the past.
The EU funded R&D activities are completely separated from advocacy activities and so is their funding. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Other activities
Symantec advocacy activities focus primarily on drawing attention of policy-makers on matter of information technology and supporting the development of a sound and conducive to business public policy on issues such as communications policy, cybercrime, information security, privacy, data protection and availability, consumer protection, competition, international trade and market access and intellectual property protection. In the course of its activities Symantec will engage with all the relevant stakeholders including organizations such as national governments and governmental bodies and institutions of member states, international organizations, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, other public bodies, industry associations and NGOs.
Symantec employees participate in advisory groups of EU Agencies such as ENISA and Europol as well as advisory groups of European political parties. Symantec employees may participate in EU Commission and EU Parliament expert groups on an ad hoc basis.
Meetings
Meetings
25 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject E-Privacy, Cybersecurity Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject ePrivacy, Cybersecurity, AI Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject GDPR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject e-Privacy Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity package, ENISA, ePrivacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity, e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject GDPR, e-Privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Handshake Commission - Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General)
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Date 30 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject E-Privacy, GDPR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject cyberinsurance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject ePrivacy and cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Implementation of GDPR, EU-US Privacy Shiled, ePrivacy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity, e-privacy directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 05 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Commission - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2017 Location Washington, USA Subject Cybersecurity, free flow of data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Encryption Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Commission - Severine Wernert (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Evidence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commission - Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM, NIS, Safe harbour negociations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject GDPR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Commission - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 29 May 2015 Location BERL 12th floor Subject Meeting with Symantec Corporation (Michael Brown, President and CEO, Ilias Chantzos, Senior Director EMEA, Global CIP and Privacy Advisor, Government Affairs) and Michael Palmer, DG HOME, Unit D2 Cybercrime Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commission - Polykarpos Adamidis (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity, privacy, cooperation with industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Commission - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Data protection and cyb ersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2015 Location Brusseles Subject Data protection and cybersecurity issues in relation to the Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)