Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Proton AG
EU Transparency Register
465728241017-36 First registered on 20 Jan 2021
Goals / Remit
Proton AG is a software company founded in 2014 by former CERN and MIT scientists who had the vision to build an internet that respects people's right to privacy. Proton is working towards its vision by developing free and secure tools, like email, calendar, drive, password manager and VPN services, that empower people to control their data online. Our principal product, ProtonMail (www.protonmail.com), is the world's largest secure email service. Our second product, ProtonVPN (www.protonvpn.com), is one of the world's most popular VPN services. Proton secures its users' data with end-to-end encryption which ensures that no one, not even Proton can access it, and has no advertising on its products. As part of its mission to make privacy accessible to everyone, Proton uses a freemium business plan, which means paid subscriptions subsidise free accounts.
Main EU files targeted
Competition; Digital Single Market, including Digital Markets Act (DMA); Consumer protection; Privacy/ data protection including ePrivacy Regulation; Encryption; Cybersecurity; Data retention.
Address
Head Office
Route de la Galaise 32
Plan-les-Ouates 1228
SWITZERLANDEU Office
Route de la Galaise 32
Plan-les-Ouates 1228
SWITZERLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Romain Digneaux 10 Sep 2024 10 Sep 2025 Jurgita Miseviciute 10 Sep 2024 10 Sep 2025 Ms Jurgita Miseviciute 30 Mar 2023 30 Mar 2024 Mr Romain DIGNEAUX 30 Mar 2023 30 Mar 2024 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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Coalition for App Fairness https://appfairness.org
European Tech Alliance https://eutechalliance.euMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
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
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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 06 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Platform regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Attending - Lucie Rousselle (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Dec 2022 Location EC Subject CSAM Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists