California Assembly Banking & Finance Committee Visits eBay Inc.

Last week eBay Inc.’s state government relations team hosted a tour of our PayPal San Jose campus with California Assemblymember Roger Dickinson, the Chairman of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, and several of his personal and Committee staff members.
eBay Responds to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper

Last week eBay provided its submission in response to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Copyright and the Digital Economy Issues Paper. eBay believes that any changes to Australian copyright law should support and enhance commerce.
Sign the WE R HERE Petition Against Internet Sales Tax

As many of you know, there are two bills pending in Congress that, if passed, would change the current Internet sales tax law to require all Internet retailers above the woefully-inadequate exemption level to collect sales tax on every purchase and remit it correctly across 9,600 state and local tax jurisdictions nationwide
Download the Cybersafety Help Button

The Australian Government's Cybersafety Help Button provides internet users, particularly children and young people, with easy online access to cybersafety information and assistance available in Australia.
eBay Talks Trade at London School of Economics

eBay and the economists behind the Commerce 3.0 research were invited on 7 November to present to PhD trade students our economic research findings and the potential policy implications.
eBay Inc. Supports Fight against Online Child Sexual Exploitation

With the advent of new technologies and the growth of the Internet , online sexual crimes against children is now a global issue.
eBay Government Relations Shares Update on Supreme Court Ownership Rights Case

Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, and (despite Hurricane Sandy’s onslaught) eBay Government Relations was there to cover it.
Driving Business Online travels to Wentworth

This week more than 150 people attended Wentworth Forum’s Building Online Success, which was hosted by Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband, Malcolm Turnbull.
eBay Inc. Opens Dialogue with Small Businesses in Brazil

Recently eBay Inc.'s Government Relations Emerging Markets team and PayPal's Latin America (LATAM) team hosted a Brazilian delegation of over 30 software, hardware and IT small business owners and members of the Small Business Support Service of Paraná State (SEBRAE).
eBay shares best practices on Collaboration and advancing Renewables Legislation

Last week, at the 2012 Business for Social Responsibility Conference (BSR) in New York City, eBay Inc personnel led a panel discussion entitled, “In Conversation with eBay: Getting to the 'How' of Collaboration”.