Regulatory Rumblings Archive
March 2017
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Congress takes First Step in Repealing FCC Privacy Rules
Posted: Mar 23, 2017 2:00pm ETThe U.S. Senate has taken a key first step in acting to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) onerous broadband privacy rules passed last year. Today, the Senate voted 50-48 to pass a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure to suspend the FCC’s rules.
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Advertisers Push for CRA to Save the Day
Posted: Mar 14, 2017 9:15am ETYesterday, ANA and a coalition of advertising and marketing industry groups issued a statement in support of Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Congressman Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) recently introduced Joint Resolutions disapproving of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband privacy regulations.
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An Attack on One is an Attack on All
Posted: Mar 10, 2017 9:00am ETEarlier this week, ANA and other advertising industry groups submitted a letter to the Oregon State Senate’s Committee on Health Care to oppose a bill that would impose a mandatory disclosure requirement on all direct to consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical ads that appear in the state.
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FCC Stay of Privacy Rules is a Win for Advertisers and Consumers
Posted: Mar 2, 2017 9:30am ETYesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a temporary stay of the online privacy and data security regulation passed last year which would have subjected internet service providers (ISPs) to a different standard than that applied to other companies in the internet ecosystem by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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