Regulatory Rumblings
The FTC Should Analyze the GDPR and the CCPA
Posted: Aug 21, 2018 12:15pm ETThe FTC will be holding a series of hearings this fall to determine whether changes in technology and the economy might require adjustments in their competition and consumer protection policies, and ANA has filed detailed comments urging the FTC to carry out a rigorous analysis of the impacts of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act on both co ...
READ MOREThe Supreme Court Should Review the Sherwin-Williams Case
Posted: Aug 20, 2018 3:30pm ETANA has filed a “friend of the court” brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case involving the question of whether the First Amendment allows state tort liability for truthful commercial speech when a court later determines that a lawful product is hazardous.
READ MORECalifornia State Legislature Needs to Act Now on Privacy Bill
Posted: Aug 20, 2018 1:30pm ETWhen the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was rushed through the legislature in just one week, with no real time for careful consideration, the chief sponsors indicated that they would consider a “clean up” bill this month to fix the technical defects in this sweeping new law – and that bill is under consideration now.
READ MORECalifornia 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.
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