IAB Canada Gold Standard & Better Ads

Earlier this week, the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA) announced that it has developed a Better Ads Standard for mobile apps to expand its efforts to improve the online ad experience for consumers. The ad experiences identified in the Standard are…

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Planning for Supply Chain Shortages

One week after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said she is concerned about the challenges facing global supply chains and how it would affect Canada, RSM, a leading global provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on middle market businesses, released The Real…

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Breaking News about The Promising Future of News

As we reflect on 2021, it is clear that it was a watershed moment for the news sector. Growing awareness of the critical importance to preserve news and the incentive for big tech to support and partner to make it…

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Enabling Brands for Good Through Blockchain

Last week’s IAB Canada Community Uninterrupted event featured Founder CEO of WhatRocks, Njara Zafimehy, along with Director of Marketing Strategy at Lactalis Canada, Sameera Narang. Together, they shared how their collaboration is not only empowering Canadian consumers but also increasing…

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Advertising Built for Kids

This week’s IAB Canada Community Uninterrupted session featured a comprehensive look at the state of marketing to kids online with Kate O’Loughlin, COO from SuperAwesome. O’Loughlin outlined how the internet was not initially built for kids in that it is…

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IAB Canada’s 2020 Community Playbook

It’s been over 150 days of socially distanced life across the country and we are proud of the programming, outputs and events we have been able to produce during that time in the name of keeping our community uninterrupted.  As…

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Working Together to Preserve Electoral Integrity

Industry Response to Elections Canada Consultation on Political Communications in Federal Elections This summer, Elections Canada requested that IAB Canada prepare an industry response to their ongoing consultation on Political Communications in Federal Elections. The consultation consisted of three discussion…

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A Moving Target: Back-to-School 2020

As Labour Day approaches, parents continue to depend on local news to stay informed on the lay of the back-to-school land for their children. With some level of ambiguity around varying models that are expected this year, like modified in-class …

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OPC Releases PIPEDA Reference Guide for Businesses

This month, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a comprehensive guide that was developed to help businesses better understand and comply with their responsibilities under PIPEDA.  The guide contains a summary of PIPEDA and what the Act…

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Ontario the Next Province to Flex some Privacy Muscle

This week the Ontario Government launched a public consultation and discussion paper to solicit input on a new private sector data protection law for Ontario. To date, BC and Quebec are the only two provinces who have passed their own…

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eSports for the Win!

Canadian fan base continues to grow providing huge opportunity for brands online. eSports continues to see significant growth in Canada as a revenue-generating entertainment vehicle. With organized tournaments, regional and international teams and a highly engaged fanbase, a whole new…

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