On 12 June, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy, telling the European Commission and national competition authorities what it believes to be the priorities under competition law.
Rupert Keeley (CEO of PayPal, Europe Middle East North Africa) welcomes Luc Frieden (Minister of Finance, Luxembourg)
On 14 May, eBay was invited to discuss e-commerce for development together with experts from UNCTAD, ITC and UPU at an annual event under the auspice of the United Nations: the World Summit on the Information Society.
At the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nation) Cybercrime Workshop in Singapore, members from eBay Inc.’s Government Relations & Global Asset Protection teams jointly presented on a key issue that eBay Inc.’s is very passionate about - commerce, and how we combat crime to protect commerce.
Earlier this month, the Centre for Internet Safety, based at the University of Canberra with the support of eBay Inc, delivered the Surf between the Flags initiative with the Federal Member for Canberra, Gai Brodtmann MP.
This month, the ABC television program “The Checkout” aired a program regarding ticketing. “The Checkout” series looks at consumer affairs issues in Australia with a satirical twist. This program examines the problem of distribution of tickets; Australia’s ticketing market; and how you can purchase tickets safely.
In September 2012, Nick Staheyeff joined WTO Director General Pascal Lamy for the opening of the WTO 2012 Public Forum.
Pictured (Left to Right): David Spence, Chair of PayPal Australia Board; Senator Arthur Sinodinis, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition; Malcolm Turnbull, Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband; John Donahoe, eBay Inc CEO; Jeff Clementz, Vice President of PayPal Australia; Paul Fletcher, Co-Chair, Coalition Friends for the Digital Economy.
eBay Inc’s Public Policy lab today welcomed the release of a report by the Centre for Internet Safety, based at the University of Canberra titled: “Personalisation: managing consumer choice and privacy”
On 8 and 9 April, the World Trade Organisation held a workshop on e-commerce, development and SMEs. The topic of this workshop goes right to our Commerce 3.0 project and research findings. Hanne Melin of eBay’s Policy Lab attended and reports on two-days of interesting discussions.