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On Friday 20 April, the eBay Inc. Government Relations team met with Vice Chairman Hong Sung Kyu of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), one of the key policy authorities in the world's most connected country, at eBay to discuss recent global and Korean market developments.

Last week Becky Relic, a director on PayPal’s Government Relations team, and Jose Fernandez da Ponte had the opportunity and privilege of representing PayPal at the White House Conference on “Connecting the Americas”.

On Thursday, April 12th, Texas State Representative Mark Strama (D) visited our Austin facility.

The work of eBay’s Global Asset Protection (GAP) team against counterfeit goods online was recently highlighted in LP Magazine, a well-known magazine in the loss prevention industry.

eBay Inc. in Utah was given one of thirty nationwide “Community Impact CiCi Awards” by Trade & Industry Development magazine.

Last month the Deputy Governor of Pudong District, Shanghai, Ms. Liu Zhengyi and Director of Service Industry Development Department, Pudong Commission of Commerce, Ms. Li Yuhong visited eBay’s Shanghai office.

Online retail is booming and the top 2,000 businesses on eBay grew 45% last year, according to its Online Business Index launched last week.

On Tuesday March 27th, Virginia Governor Robert “Bob” McDonnell visited eBay’s North San Jose Campus, accompanied by the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Jim Cheng, and two members of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.

eBay and PayPal have jointly called for stronger measures for online security, and data breach notifications laws which are not one size fits all.