Regulatory Rumblings
California Lawmakers to "Clean Up" Sweeping Privacy Bill
Posted: Aug 8, 2018 3:00pm ETEarlier this year the California State Legislature passed a sweeping new privacy bill, AB375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).
READ MOREAdvertisers Call on Department of Commerce to Drop Census Citizen Question
Posted: Aug 7, 2018 3:00am ETThe Department of Commerce’s announcement that it intended to include a citizenship status question in the upcoming 2020 Census has led to growing concern that this decision would depress accurate response rates and lead to flawed data.
READ MOREComing to Terms with the Supreme Court’s Wayfair Decision
Posted: Jul 11, 2018 3:45pm ETOn June 21, the Supreme Court released its decision South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., and made a significant change in how goods are taxed across state lines in e-commerce.
READ MOREDon’t Rush the Fix
Posted: Jul 3, 2018 2:00pm ETLess than one week after the California Consumer Privacy Act was signed, the California legislature is attempting to rush through a “technical corrections” bill to fix some of the problems with the law.
READ MOREA Good Outcome at the Supreme Court
Posted: Jun 28, 2018 3:15pm ETThe U.S. Supreme Court today reached a decision in an important case affecting the advertising and marketing community by vacating the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in CTIA-The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley and sending it back for further review.
READ MOREFor Better or Worse
Posted: Jun 27, 2018 10:45am ETFor several months, ANA and our industry partners have been gearing up to fight a sweeping privacy ballot initiative this November in California. Late last week, we learned that the author of that proposal, real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart, had reached a deal with two key members of the California State Legislature, Assemblymember Ed Chau and Senator Bob Hertzberg.
READ MORERIP to the ROP - For Now
Posted: Jun 25, 2018 10:45am ETIn an important victory for the marketing community, the New York State Legislature adjourned last week without passing legislation making major changes to the state’s right of publicity (ROP) laws.
READ MOREANA to Department of Commerce: Don’t Ask About Citizenship
Posted: Jun 12, 2018 2:20pm ETIn late March 2018, the Commerce Department announced that they would include a question in regard to citizenship status in the 2020 US Census for the first time since 1950.
READ MORERight of Publicity Redux
Posted: Jun 8, 2018 1:00pm ETThe New York state legislature is considering major changes to the state’s right of privacy and right of publicity statutes.
READ MOREEU & Canada Focus Spotlight on Food Advertising
Posted: Jun 5, 2018 11:30am ETFor the past several months, ANA has focused much of its advocacy efforts on new European regulations dealing with online privacy – namely the GDPR.
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