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Digital Advertising Alliance Presents 2026 'DAA Privacy Icon' Award to AAF's Clark Rector

Rector Honored for Nearly Four Decades of Leadership in Advertising Self-Regulation, Consumer Privacy, and Industry Advocacy

SAN DIEGO, CA – April 16, 2026 -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today named Clark Rector, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Advertising Federation (AAF), as the recipient of the fifth annual "DAA Privacy Icon" award.

Digital Advertising Alliance Presents ‘Privacy Icon’ Award to Rudy Brioché and Federation for Internet Alerts for Policy Leadership and Life-Saving Innovation

NEW YORK, NY – June 5, 2025 – The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced Rudy Brioché, vice president for global public policy and policy counsel at Comcast, and the Federation for Internet Alerts (FIA) as the 2025 recipients of the DAA’s “Privacy Icon” award, honoring their outstanding contributions to responsible data-driven advertising and innovation.'

Summit Snapshot: With Data Infinity, the Advertising Operating System Has Evolved to Become a Society Operating System – with Ethical Ramifications

August 5, 2021

By Lou Mastria

Big Idea: Data ethics matter, because a mind shift and generational shift tells us they matter. In the advertising ecosystem, we need data-driven operational systems with oversight to keep pace with people, feelings and fairness.

Data ethics was a central focus of this year’s Digital Advertising Accountability Workshop, held June 24 in conjunction with the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Virtual Summit 2021 – and a keynote conversation between author Rishad Tobaccowala, senior adv

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