• Consumer data privacy and security, issues related to data collection and processing for advertising and marketing purposes.

Duration: May 15, 2009 to February 15, 2012

General Issues: Computer Industry, Advertising, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $2,665,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)