News Releases
2026 NEWS ARTICLES
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. Announced at the DAA Summit, this year’s award recognizes Rector's nearly four decades of tireless advocacy on behalf of the advertising...
Large Majorities Say AdChoices Icon Is Useful and Easy to Understand, While Two-Thirds Say They Have Clicked the AdChoices Icon in Past
NEW YORK, NY – February 24, 2026 – The vast majority of Americans (88%) say they expect to get interest-based ads, and a record 85% recognize the blue triangular AdChoices icon that provides access to...
2025 NEWS ARTICLES
As of September 15, 2025, the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) has ceased operations for its opt-out tool for cookie-based and probabilistic interest-based advertising (IBA), as well as its email-based identifier control tool for the same purpose.
If your company offers links to NAI’s tools in your privacy policy or other content, you should immediately transition those links to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) own choice tools, which remain fully operational at the URLs DAA has always used, further described...
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.'...
DAA’s Principles and Communications Committee Will Consider New Guidance Around AI Collection and Use of Interest-Based Advertising Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 4, 2025 – The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced the launch of a process to consider developing new guidance around the application of the ...
2024 NEWS ARTICLES
DAA Statement regarding Federal Trade Commission Report on Social Media and Video Streaming Services
New York, NY – September 19, 2024 -- Lou Mastria, CEO and President of the Digital Advertising Alliance, released the following statement regarding the release of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report on social media and video streaming services.
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New Guidelines Help Consumers Find Consistent Icon-Based Access to Information and Control for Interest-Based Ads Across CTV Ecosystem
New York, NY -- September 12, 2024 -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced the release of ...
NEW YORK, NY -- July 23, 2024 -- Lou Mastria, CEO and President of the Digital Advertising Alliance, released the following statement on Google's announcement that it plans to maintain the use of cookies for advertising in its Chrome browser.
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The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today (June 13, 2024) named Genie Barton and Lee Peeler with the 2024 "DAA Privacy Icon" award in recognition of their leadership in privacy self-regulation and accountability. While serving at the Council of Better Business Bureaus (now BBB National Programs), Barton and Peeler created and ran the Digital Advertising Accountability Program, which continues to serve as an independent enforcement program for self-regulation of the digital advertising industry.
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WebChoices 2.0 Supports Opt-Outs for Emerging Non-Cookie Technologies Used for Targeted Ads; DAA Announces End-of-Year Deadline for Adoption
NEW YORK, NY -- June 12, 2024 -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today announced the most significant update to the advertising industry’s ...




