Government Relations News

The FCC’s new sweeping privacy rules decision is unprecedented, misguided, counterproductive, and potentially extremely harmful. Subjecting virtually all web browsing and application use data to opt-in consent is completely inconsistent with its long-standing treatment by the FTC, the states, and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) self-regulatory program.

ANA today issued the following response to the FCC’s Fact Sheet on broadband privacy that will be considered at the next Commission meeting on October 27th.

The Association of National Advertisers is pleased to see that the FCC is not rushing to judgment on the set-top box issue. As has been advocated by ANA and other industry stakeholders, including members of Congress, we hope that this means that the Commission will publish its proposal with the details before it moves forward, so that interested parties can carefully review the specific elements.

Advertising clearly has fueled the explosive growth of the Internet and mobile media, driving access to massive amounts of valuable content, services and applications at little or no cost to consumers.

Yesterday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler released his revised plan to require consumer electronics manufacturers and other developers to make available free apps to allow consumers to access their pay-TV content on a variety of devices.

In a brief filed today with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has argued that a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings on ads for certain sugar sweetened beverages violates the First Amendment by seizing space on those ads and requiring them to carry a compelled government message.

Industry association representing more than 700 advertisers opposes the FCC’s extremely restrictive privacy and data security proposal which hurts marketers, Internet service providers and consumers

In advance of today’s House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing entitled, “FCC Overreach: Examining the Proposed Privacy Rules,” ANA and 10 other advertising and business groups sent a letter to the committee explaining our concerns with the FCC’s proposal.

In a letter filed with the members of the Health Committee of the Baltimore City Council, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has argued that a proposed ordinance requiring health warnings on ads for certain sugar sweetened beverages violates the First Amendment by seizing space on those ads to carry a compelled government message.

The Oklahoma Legislature passed a budget last Friday which does not include any tax on advertising!

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today expressed strong opposition to a new proposal by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose onerous new opt-in privacy requirements on broadband Internet service providers (ISPs).

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today reaffirmed its strong opposition to the proposal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow consumer electronics manufacturers and other developers to make set top boxes that can provide access to multichannel video programming.

This morning, Dan Jaffe, Group EVP Government Relations, presented a speech entitled "The View From Washington" to the attendees of the 2016 ANA Advertising Financial Management Conference in Boca Raton, FL.

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin recently proposed eliminating a number of sales tax exemptions, including the exemption for advertising, in order to resolve a potential budget shortfall of nearly $1.3 billion for FY2017.

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today stated its strong opposition to the proposal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow consumer electronics manufacturers and other developers to make set top boxes that can provide access to multichannel video programming.

The Federal Communication Commission(FCC) recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding privacy guidelines for broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) stated its opposition Monday to the City of Berkeley’s mandate to force wireless producers and sellers to provide a point of sale public notice regarding radio frequency safety.

Senator Al Franken (D-MN), a member of the Senate Health Committee, along with Senators Whitehouse (D-RI), Brown (D-OH) and Udall (D-NM), has introduced S. 2623, the Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act.

In a brief filed with the federal district court in California, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has argued that a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings on ads for certain sugar sweetened beverages violates the First Amendment by seizing space on those ads to carry a compelled government message.

According to a new report, advertising contributed $3.4 trillion to the U.S. GDP in 2014, comprising 19 percent of the nation’s total economic output. The report was commissioned by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and The Advertising Coalition, which represents the nation’s leading advertisers, advertising agencies and media companies.