IAB Previews Solution for Interest-Based Advertising and CCPA ‘Do Not Sell’ Right

By Kyle R. Fath, Gerald J. Ferguson, Alan L. Friel and Linda A. Goldstein on September 19, 2019 Posted in Advertising

On September 17, 2019, numerous stakeholders in the digital advertising industry, including publishers, advertisers/brands, AdTech companies, and law firms (including numerous representatives from BakerHostetler) convened at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) headquarters in New York for a preview of its CCPA Industry Compliance Framework. Throughout the course of 2019, IAB has solicited input from a … Continue Reading

Industry Watchdog Reminds Digital Advertisers of the Importance of Providing Consumers With Transparency and Choice in Latest Enforcement Actions

By Alan L. Friel and Sara Goldstein on August 28, 2017 Posted in Advertising

Two digital advertising companies, Adbrain and Exponential Interactive, were cited in recent decisions by the Better Business Bureau’s Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program (OIBAAP) for not complying with the online advertising industry’s requirements for interest-based advertising (IBA), the practice of tracking users across time and services to build interest profiles on them in order to … Continue Reading

Self-Regulatory Authorities Police Online Ad Industry in Another Sweep

By Alan L. Friel on May 22, 2015 Posted in Online Privacy

Interest-based advertising (IBA), also known as behavioral advertising, creates profiles of consumers based on their online activities over time and across services, and uses them to send consumers relevant, targeted ads. To try to prevent the kind of opt-in legal requirements imposed in other countries on this kind of Internet user tracking and targeting, the U.S. … Continue Reading