Regulatory Rumblings
ANA Congratulates New FTC Commissioners
Posted: Apr 27, 2018 10:00am ETYesterday, the Senate confirmed the nominations of all five nominees to lead the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
READ MOREThe Great Experiment
Posted: Apr 26, 2018 10:00am ETOn May 25th, only 30 days away, the European Union will launch the greatest privacy experiment in history. On that date, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect.
READ MOREDon’t Slow Digital’s Growth
Posted: Apr 18, 2018 1:45pm ETNewsflash: the digital economy is growing extraordinarily rapidly! Not surprisingly, this reality is something most people already understand and take for granted.
READ MORENot On Our Watch: Guarding the Pharma Ad Tax Deduction
Posted: Apr 5, 2018 9:00am ETSenator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has introduced a new bill – S. 2478, the End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act – to change the tax code for prescription drugs, effectively eliminating the advertising costs deduction for direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising produced by pharmaceutical companies.
READ MORESCOTUS, Please Clear Up the Mandatory Ad Disclosure Muddle!
Posted: Feb 27, 2018 12:30pm ETANA has filed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court” brief, with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of CTIA-The Wireless Association’s case against government mandated radiation warnings for cell phones.
READ MOREANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast: The Team USA and Liberty Mutual Partnership
Posted: Feb 6, 2018 12:00am ETIn the first-ever ANA Government Relations and Legal Podcast, Chris Sloan, assistance VP and senior corporate counsel at Liberty Mutual, joins host Doug Wood to discuss his brand's partnership with Team USA and a wide array of digital marketing issues.
READ MORENavigating Web 3.0: Data Security and Privacy in the Age of GDPR
Posted: Feb 1, 2018 12:00pm ETThis May, companies on both sides of the pond will see what is arguably the largest overhaul of personal data privacy rules in the Internet Era, otherwise known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
READ MORENew Commissioners on the way for the FTC
Posted: Jan 26, 2018 10:45am ETYesterday, the White House announced that it has sent the nominations of four new Commissioners for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the Senate for approval.
READ MOREGDPR Tightens Key Consent and Profiling Rules for Advertisers
Posted: Jan 11, 2018 2:30pm ETTraps abound for marketers responsible for EU-related activities as the May 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance deadline approaches. Recent EU guidance about consent for personal data collection and use and guidance on using data for profiling purposes reinforce the belief that EU regulators will be prone to broadly apply GDPR to marketing activities.
READ MORENew Year, New Legislative Challenges ANA is Ready to Tackle
Posted: Jan 4, 2018 2:00pm ETAs we reflect upon the past year, ANA is very proud to have ended 2017 on a high note with an important victory for the advertising industry, the preservation of advertising deductions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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