Symantec

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{{#badges:AEX}} Symantec is a software company and maker of Norton antivirus software, among other products, that was founded in 1982.[1]

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

Symantec has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), with a seat on the Communications and Technology Task Force as of July 2011.[2] See ALEC Corporations and the Communications and Technology Task Force for more.

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

Board

Accessed November 2010: [3]

Contact

URL: http://www.symantec.com

Resources and Articles

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References

  1. Business Overview, Symantec, accessed November 20, 2010.
  2. American Legislative Exchange Council, American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of July 18th, 2011, organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  3. Management, Symantec, accessed November 20, 2010.
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