eBay Inc.'s global Government Relations (GR) team represents the interests of eBay Marketplaces, PayPal, StubHub and all other eBay Inc. businesses before governments around the world. Led by Tod Cohen, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel - Government Relations, our group's responsibilities include legislative & regulatory work, asset protection & global commerce policy development. We have team members in 12 countries and we work in dozens more.

Government Relations

The Government Relations team advocates for legislation and regulation that supports commerce, the interests of eBay Inc. and its community of users around the globe. Our team interacts with government officials, politicians and public policy thought leaders. Additionally, GR liaises with our merchants around the world to gain their insights on how regulations might affect their businesses.

Global Asset Protection

The Global Asset Protection (GAP) team focuses on fostering trust on all of the eBay Inc. sites.  eBay Inc. established GAP to promote the safe use of its platform and to collaborate with local, national and international law enforcement in apprehending and prosecuting criminals.  GAP also works proactively with retailers to investigate suspicious activity related to stolen goods.  

Policy Lab

The eBay Public Policy Lab develops policy innovations for a world of commerce advanced by technological innovations. eBay Inc. has a vision of technology-enabled global commerce that is open, diverse and inclusive. At the Policy Lab, we aspire to translate this vision of commerce to the policy realm by producing unbiased research and writing. This team works with the broader community of policy thought leaders to produce long-term meaningful policy solutions to the cutting edge issues of today, and tomorrow.