Government Relations News
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Study from The Advertising Coalition Finds Advertising Drives $7.1 Trillion in U.S. Sales
Government Relations News May 25, 2022Washington, D.C. – New research validates the powerful impact of advertising in driving the U.S. economy. A new study, commissioned by The Advertising Coalition and conducted by IHS Markit, found that advertising generated $7.1 trillion in sales activity and supported 28.5 million U.S. jobs last year.
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ANA Applauds Passage of Postal Reform Bill 2022
Government Relations News March 10, 2022ANA applauds the passage of the Postal Reform Act of 2022, designed to make the United States Postal Service’s operations more financially stable and sustainable.
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ANA Calls on FTC to Reject Surveillance Ad Ban Highlighting the Economic Benefits of Data Driven Advertising in Comments
Government Relations News January 26, 2022ANA has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to deny a petition to ban or limit “surveillance advertising.”
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ANA Says Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax Unconstitutional, Warns of Business Risks
Government Relations News December 7, 2021The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today expressed its continued opposition to regulations implementing the Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax.
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ANA ADvisers for Oct 2021
Government Relations News October 29, 2021Highlights Include: Senate Commerce held its first privacy hearing of this Congress. Rohit Chopra was approved by the Senate to head the CFPB. Ashkan Soltani was named Executive Director of the CPPA in California. The FTC sent numerous notices, including on deceptive endorsements and dark patterns. The FTC also held a meeting on Internet Service Providers and privacy. Jessica Rosenworcel was named Chair of the FCC by President Biden.
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ANA ADvisers for Sept 2021
Government Relations News September 30, 2021Highlights Include: The Maryland Comptroller released proposed regulations for the State’s digital advertising tax. The House E&C Committee held a markup on a proposed FTC privacy bureau and a billion dollars in corresponding funding. Minnesota held a hearing on a privacy bill for next year and another privacy bill was prefiled in Oklahoma. The Senate turns its attention to privacy, holding several hearings and sending letters to FTC Chair Kahn. ANA held its annual Capitol Hill Day where ANA staff guided members as they met with the offices of key members on the House E&C and Senate Commerce Committees.
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ANA ADvisers for August 2021
Government Relations News August 31, 2021Highlights Include: Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) called for the overhaul of COPPA during a Commerce Committee hearing. Google blocked the targeting of ads based on age and gender, among other demographics. The UK sought views on a new data transfer agreement and decided on a post-Brexit overhaul of their privacy rules.
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ANA ADvisers for July 2021
Government Relations News July 30, 2021Highlights Include: SCOTUS ruled against a California donor disclosure requirement. ANA and non profit federation field comments opposing a postal rate increase. ANA urged the Senate Commerce Committee to create 13(b) legislation that is workable. The Colorado governor signed his state's privacy law. Two Senate Commerce Republicans (Wicker & Blackburn) introduced a new privacy law.
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ANA and the ANA Nonprofit Federation File Comments with Postal Regulatory Commission Opposing Increased Rates
Government Relations News June 29, 2021JUNE 29, 2021 – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the ANA Nonprofit Federation have filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) stating their opposition to USPS’s request for a second rate hike in a single year.
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Leading Advertising Trade Associations Urge New California Privacy Protection Agency Board to Move Swiftly but Inclusively to Establish Clear Rules for Businesses and Consumers
Government Relations News June 14, 2021(Washington DC – June 14, 2021) - In connection with the inaugural meeting of the California Privacy Protection Agency Board (CPPAB) today, the nation’s leading advertising trade associations, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), Association of National Advertisers (ANA), Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), and American Advertising Federation (AAF) issue the following statement:
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ANA ADvisers for June 2021
Government Relations News May 31, 2021Highlights Include: SCOUTUS ruled that the NCAA could not limit benefits that are related to education, the European Commission announced the adoption of two Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) for data transfers, and the Senate Homeland Security Committee advances nominations of Chris Inglis to be National Cyber Director and Jen Easterly to be Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The digital ad tax that failed to pass in Connecticut, and privacy legislation introduced in New York and Connecticut also failed. Some changes were made to the Colorado privacy bill before its final passage.
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ANA ADvisers for May 2021
Government Relations News May 31, 2021Highlights Include: Lisa Khan became the new Chair of the FTC. The House E&C Committee took further action on section 13(b). Data tax and ad tax legislation was proposed in New York but failed to pass and privacy legislation was passed in Colorado.
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ANA Again Calls for a Federal Privacy Law Following Failed Attempts to Pass Bills in Florida and Washington State
Government Relations News April 30, 2021Washington D.C. (April 30, 2021) – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is again calling on Congress to set a national privacy standard by passing a strong, preemptive federal privacy law.
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ANA ADvisers for April 2021
Government Relations News April 30, 2021Highlights Include: There has been new proposed digital ad tax legislation in West Virginia which was defeated and privacy threats remained in Florida and Washington state.
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Advertising Industry Strongly Opposes Proposed Florida Privacy Legislation
Government Relations News April 22, 2021Washington D.C. (April 22, 2021) – On Tuesday, the nation’s leading advertising and marketing trade associations sent a letter to the Florida Senate in opposition to SB 1734 and HB 969, the proposed legislation to regulate data.
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ANA ADvisers for March 2021
Government Relations News March 31, 2021Highlights Include: The Senate confirmed Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and nominated FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra to the position of Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. There was a new proposed digital ad tax bill in Connecticut. Florida introduced new very restrictive privacy law and in Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act into law.
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Contact Florida Governor and Legislators to Stop Data Privacy Bill Worse for Advertisers than California
Government Relations News March 25, 2021Data privacy bills substantially more onerous than California’s CCPA/CPRA laws are racing through the Florida House and Senate.
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ANA Opposes Proposed Digital Ad Tax in Connecticut
Government Relations News March 15, 2021Washington D.C. (March 15, 2021) – On Friday, ANA submitted testimony to the Connecticut Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue, and Bonding in opposition to SB 821, a proposed digital ad tax.
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ANA ADvisers for February 2021
Government Relations News February 28, 2021Highlights Include: The Maryland General Assembly passed an override of Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of the digital ad tax. The Virginia Senate is also set to pass a proposed privacy bill.
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Maryland Legislature Overrides Veto of Digital Ad Tax
Government Relations News February 12, 2021ANA is extremely disappointed by the Maryland General Assembly’s decision to overturn Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of HB 732 (The Digital Advertising Gross Revenue Tax) today.
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