Regulatory Rumblings
Undoing the Privacy Rule Mess
Posted: May 18, 2017 3:00pm ETThe Federal Communications Commission has begun the initial steps in reversing its Obama-era rules on net neutrality, with implications for its privacy rules for broadband providers.
READ MOREMandatory Disclosure Lawsuit Gains Greater Business Attention
Posted: May 17, 2017 11:00am ETANA filed a “friend of the court” brief last week emphasizing our strong opposition to the City of Berkeley, California’s mandate to force wireless producers and sellers to provide a point of sale public notice regarding radio frequency safety.
READ MOREExplosion of Reactive Privacy Initiatives in the States
Posted: May 16, 2017 1:00pm ETSince the Congress voted to invalidate the FCC’s broadband privacy rules, numerous states across the country have swooped in to attempt to reinstate these rules on a state-by-state basis. ANA and our industry partners have been active in opposing these efforts to impose these overly restrictive laws.
READ MOREHouse Members Agree: Protecting Advertising is Crucial
Posted: May 10, 2017 4:00pm ETRepresentatives Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) have sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in support of protecting the current tax deductibility of advertising. This letter is extremely significant for the advertising community and shows wide congressional support for our industry.
READ MORECritical Juncture on Compelled Disclosures
Posted: May 1, 2017 9:15am ETThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last month rendered a very important decision. This decision threatens to allow states and localities far more leeway to impose government mandated disclosures in advertising with potentially extremely adverse impacts.
READ MOREFull House Needed at FTC
Posted: Apr 26, 2017 3:00pm ETThe White House is presently facing many key appointment decisions. ANA strongly believes that filling the three remaining Commissioner vacancies at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now should be a major priority for the Administration.
READ MOREThe Sky is Not Falling on Privacy
Posted: Apr 6, 2017 2:30pm ETConsumers are right to be concerned about and demand strong protection of their privacy rights. Advertisers have long understood this highly legitimate need.
READ MORECongress 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.
READ MOREAdvertisers 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.
READ MOREAn 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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