MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

DuckDuckGo, Inc.

Business / industry · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, DuckDuckGo, Inc. appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€300,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“DuckDuckGo is a privacy technology company. Our mission is to show the world that protecting privacy is simple. For over a decade, we've created new technology and worked with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all. With one download of the DuckDuckGo app or browser extension, we offer private search and seamless privacy protection to our users,…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA536%
Socialists & Democrats536%
European People's Party214%
Renew Europe17%
The Left17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2021).

2020
2
2021
3
2022
3
2023
0
2024
1
2025
2
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Birgit Sippel
3 meetings · S&D
Alexandra Geese
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Andreas Schwab
2 meetings · EPP
Martin Schirdewan
1 meeting · The Left
Alex Agius Saliba
1 meeting · S&D

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 May 2026Birgit SippelEvent: The End of Cookie Banners
12 May 2026Birgit SippelDigital Omnibus
12 May 2026Markéta GregorováGDPR omnibus meeting
5 Feb 2025Birgit SippelAI Act
14 Jan 2025Alexandra GeeseCompetition and digital policies
26 Nov 2024Kim van SparrentakOnline safety
12 Jul 2022René RepasiDMA, Antitrust Bills
7 Jul 2022Rasmus AndresenEnforcement of the DSA
14 Feb 2022Andreas SchwabDMA
25 Oct 2021Andreas SchwabDMA
1 Jun 2021Martin SchirdewanDigital Services Act / Digital Markets Act
4 May 2021Sandro GoziDMA
19 Nov 2020Alex Agius SalibaDSA
18 Nov 2020Alexandra GeeseDigital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, search and competition

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