Symantec Corporation

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

850,000€

Financial year: Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

25

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Symantec Corporation   (SYMC)

    EU Transparency Register

    3612325809-89 First registered on 17 Dec 2008

    Goals / Remit

    Symantec Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides security, backup, and availability solutions worldwide. Its products and services protect people and information in various environments from the mobile device and enterprise data center and to cloud-based systems. The company operates through three segments: Consumer Security, Enterprise Security, and Information Management. 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. The Enterprise Security segment offers secure socket layer certificates, authentication, mail and Web security, data center security, data loss prevention, information security services, endpoint security and management, encryption, and mobile security services offerings. Its products and services help its customers to secure their confidential information wherever it resides in the network path from the user’s device to the data’s resting place. The Information Management segment focuses on backup and recovery, archiving and eDiscovery, storage, and high availability solutions helping to ensure that its customers’ IT infrastructure and mission-critical applications are protected, managed, and available. 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, ecommerce platform, 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, eIDAS and digital signatures, consumer protection, cybecrime

    Address

    Head Office
    350 Ellis Street
    Mountain View CA 94043
    UNITED STATES
    EU Office
    350 Ellis Street
    Mountain View CA 94043
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Sep 2015

    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

    Four public affairs professionals working inhouse for Symantec located in Brussels and London

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Ilias Chantzos (Senior Director Government Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Ilias Chantzos (Senior Director Government Affairs)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    In Brussels: BSA, European Internet Foundation, AmCham EU
    In London: PITCOM, TechUK, Digital Policy Alliance
    In Berlin: Bitkom

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

    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 previous financial years.

    The EU funded R&D activities are completely separated from advocacy activities as are their sources of funding.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    Symantec advocacy activities focus primarily on educating 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 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.

    • Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject E-Privacy, Cybersecurity Act
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject ePrivacy, Cybersecurity, AI
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject GDPR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
    • Date 23 Feb 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject e-Privacy Regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity package, ENISA, ePrivacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity, e-privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject GDPR, e-Privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
    • Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Handshake
      DG Informatics
      Attending
      • Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject E-Privacy, GDPR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject cyberinsurance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject ePrivacy and cybersecurity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
      • Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
    • Date 05 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity, e-privacy directive
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
    • Date 05 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Mar 2017 Location Washington, USA
      Subject Cybersecurity, free flow of data
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jan 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Encryption
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Severine Wernert (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Jan 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Evidence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos
      Portfolio Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
      Attending
      • Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Dec 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM, NIS, Safe harbour negociations
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject GDPR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • 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
      Attending
      • Polykarpos Adamidis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity, privacy, cooperation with industry
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Cybersecurity
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 05 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Data protection and cyb ersecurity
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
    • 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
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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