Advocacy News
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Oregon Legislature Passes Bill Prohibiting Sale of Precise Location Data
Government Relations News May 29, 2025MediaPost highlights a letter from the ANA encouraging Oregon lawmakers to block a bill prohibiting sale of precise location data as bill heads to Governor for signature.
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ANA Voices Opposition to Washington SB 5814
Government Relations News April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 (Washington D.C.) – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today released the following statement from ANA EVP Christopher Oswald following the Washington State Legislature's passage of SB 5814.
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Advertisers Urge GOP To Support Opt-Out Privacy Law
Government Relations News April 8, 2025Mediapost highlights a letter from the ANA encouraging Congress to adopt federal, opt-out privacy standard.
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ANA Applauds Veto of California AB 3048
Government Relations News September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 (Washington D.C.) – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today released the following statement from ANA EVP Christopher Oswald following California Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of AB 3048.
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ANA Defends Ad Industry Against Inflammatory Claims in FTC Social Media Report
Government Relations News September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 (New York, N.Y.) – The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) today released the following statement from ANA CEO Bob Liodice responding to a range of inflammatory allegations about digital advertising in a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on social media and streaming video services
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Ad Trades Blast Reworked Data Privacy Bill
Government Relations News June 24, 2024Politico highlights a letter to Congressional leaders from ANA CEO Bob Liodice and 4A's CEO Marla Kaplowitz expressing immense concern over the latest version of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). You can find the article here and the letter here.
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Ad Industry And Consumer Groups Blast Rhode Island Privacy Bill
Government Relations News June 17, 2024MediaPost highlights ad industry concerns following passage of Rhode Island privacy law.
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Maryland Enacts Privacy Law Opposed By Ad Industry
Government Relations News May 9, 2024MediaPost highlights ad industry concerns around Maryland's recently signed privacy law.
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ANA Opposes Proposed Restrictions On Behavioral Advertising To Children
Government Relations News March 11, 2024MediaPost highlights ANA concerns around FTC proposal to require double opt-in from parents as part of update to COPPA regulations.
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ANA Statement on State of the Union Address
Government Relations News February 7, 2023The ANA's CEO, Bob Liodice, issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
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Response to President Biden's op-ed on Privacy Legislation in the Wall Street Journal
Government Relations News January 12, 2023We share President Biden’s desire to enact strong national data privacy legislation (Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses, Jan. 11, 2023) and have been advocating for legislation to do just that.
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ANA Opposes American Data Privacy and Protection Act as Currently Written, Looks Forward to Continuing to Work with Congress
Government Relations News July 20, 2022Washington, D.C. (July 20, 2022) - Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADDPA) out of Committee. ANA’s EVP & Head of Government Relations, Christopher Oswald, reacted with the following statement:
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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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