Regulatory Rumblings
Happy Birthday GDPR
Posted: May 21, 2019 10:15am ETThis week marks the first anniversary of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When it was launched on May 25, 2018 the GDPR was clearly the most significant privacy experiment to that point in history.
READ MOREANA Strongly Opposes New HHS Ad Disclosure Rule
Posted: May 9, 2019 11:40am ETYesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a new rule which would require “direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price … if that price is equal to or greater than $35.” ANA strongly opposes this government requirement which is highly likely to be unconstitutional.
READ MOREMembers of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Advocate for Meaningful Federal Privacy Protections
Posted: May 8, 2019 11:40am ETThe Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has been a strong advocate calling for Congress to pass broad national data privacy legislation. All Americans, regardless of where they live, deserve the same high level of data privacy protections.
READ MOREAd Associations Send Detailed Letter to Texas House on HB 4390
Posted: Apr 10, 2019 9:45am ETYesterday the Association of National Advertisers filed a joint letter with other leading ad trade associations in opposition to Texas HB 4390.
READ MOREANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast: Cassidy Sehgal, L'Oréal USA
Posted: Apr 3, 2019 12:00am ETThe second ANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast features Cassidy Sehgal, Data Protection Officer and Associate Counsel at L'Oréal USA talking to host Doug Wood about the privacy issues confronting the industry, challenges in measurement and viewability, as well as her experience as an in-house counsel at a major advertiser.
READ MOREUtah Abandons Effort to Tax Advertising
Posted: Mar 8, 2019 12:30pm ETGovernor Gary Herbert and Utah legislative leaders abandoned their efforts to pass a sweeping new tax on services, including advertising, by sending House Bill 441 to an interim study committee yesterday, effectively killing the proposal for this legislative session.
READ MOREANA Opposes Ad Tax Proposal in Utah Legislature
Posted: Mar 5, 2019 11:30am ETANA has contacted Governor Gary Herbert and the entire membership of the Utah Legislature to express our strong opposition to any tax on advertising.
READ MOREThe CCPA — Making Things Worse
Posted: Mar 4, 2019 11:20am ETThe California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is falsely labeled.
READ MOREFirst CA Assembly Hearing on CCPA
Posted: Feb 21, 2019 10:55am ETYesterday the California General Assembly held its first major hearing on the California Consumer Privacy Act.
READ MORECalifornia Consumers Express Concerns About the California Consumer Privacy Act
Posted: Feb 5, 2019 10:30am ETThe Association of National Advertisers (ANA), in partnership with other key industry leaders, are calling on California policymakers to revise the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to address unintended consequences that threaten the free flow of information critical to the infrastructure of our nation’s data-driven economy.
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