IAB Tech Lab announced yesterday that it has purchased DigiTrust, a non-for-profit adtech-focused group that has been working on establishing a standardized ID that can be shared with publishers to help with the process of ad targeting. DigitTrust launched in…
Read MoreIn 2017, IAB Canada formed a new Audio Advertising Committee. There was immediate interest and the group’s conversations are broad in topic matter. From the rapid evolution of traditional radio broadcasting to digital to the notion of a “screenless” future…
Read MoreIAB Canada has been working with the Canadian Advertising Coalition to support a comprehensive industry response to the legislative development of banning food and beverage advertising to children. As part of this concerted effort, IAB Canada has communicated the complexities…
Read MoreIAB Canada conducted a GDPR Privacy Workshop this month to bring members up to speed on the fast-approaching enforcement date of May 25th, 2018. Yves Schwarzbart, Head of Policy & Regulatory Affairs at IAB UK reviewed the General Data Protection…
Read MoreThe IAB Tech Lab has released the first version of OM SDK for General Availability The OM SDK is a set of tools designed to seamlessly facilitate third-party viewability and verification measurement for ads served in mobile app environments—without various…
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As eagerly anticipated, IAB Europe has released the draft technical specifications for its GDPR Transparency & Consent Framework (“Framework”) for public comment. The Framework was introduced in late 2017 as a cross-industry effort to help publishers, technology vendors, agencies and…
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In May 2017, IAB Canada testified in front of The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics regarding proposed changes to the existing PIPEDA legislation. This week, while Canadian organizations have privacy legislation top-of-mind and are preoccupied with…
Read MoreWhat is the GDPR? In a nutshell, the General Data Protection Regulation is a new European legal framework governing the use of personal data. It will replace all existing national data protection laws across the EU and will apply across…
Read MoreWhy New Ad Formats? The rise of ad blockers meant that the supply chain had a glaring problem. And it did. Consumers were blocking ads for a variety of reasons, all of which threatened the long-term health of publishers (and…
Read MoreTAG ended 2017 on a major high by releasing a benchmarking study that found that TAG Certified channels have a measured IVT rate of 1.48% across video and display inventory – an 83% reduction in IVT as compared to the…
Read MoreThe mission of the Authorized Digital Sellers (ads.txt) project is to increase transparency in the programmatic advertising ecosystem. The program is a simple, flexible and secure method that publishers and distributors can use to publicly declare the companies they authorize…
Read MoreBrand Safety continues to be top of mind for advertisers as they continue to work on mitigating risk of brand exposure to inappropriate content online. IAB Canada developed a workshop to improve awareness around tools that are widely available to…
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