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Tweens Obsessed With Skin Care Drive Brands to Say: Don’t Buy Our Stuff
Bloomberg I April 2024
Laura Brett, vice president of the National Advertising Division and Dona Fraser, senior vice president of privacy initiatives discuss how recent skincare brands are advising tweens to not buy their products.
In Online Advertising Arena, Artificial Intelligence Aids And Abets Fake Reviews, False Claims
HBW Insight I February 2024
AI has a place in the FTC's proposed rule to ban fake consumer reviews and testimonials in online advertising in the US for a reason, one that Mary Engle, executive vice president of policy at BBB National Programs acknowledges.
It's Not Easy Being Green: Preparing for the FTC's Updated Green Guides
AdWeek I October 2023
Laura Brett, vice president of the National Advertising Division outlines the importance of clear and truthful green advertising, how companies can help build consumer trust in green claims, and the 2024 release of the updated Green Guides.
Regulators Have Their Eye On The Dark Art Of Dark Patterns
AdExchanger I August 2023
Mary Engle, executive vice president of policy at BBB National Programs discusses the trend of state privacy laws calling out dark patterns as an unlawful data privacy practice.
50 Years of Advancing Responsible Child-Directed Marketing & Privacy
For the last 50 years, companies marketing to children have held each other to a higher standard. In 1974, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) was established as the U.S. mechanism of independent self-regulation for protecting children under age 13 from deceptive or inappropriate advertising.
NAD 2024: Charting the Global Future of Ad Law
September 16-17, 2024 in New York City
Latest Announcements
BBB National Programs Appoints Amy Steacy as General Counsel, Promotes New Leaders in Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising and Global Privacy
McLean, VA – June 4, 2024 – BBB National Programs announced the appointment of Amy Steacy as General Counsel. Additional leadership promotions include Daniel Range as Vice President of the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) and Dr. Divya Sridhar as Vice President, Global...
Companies Agree to Expand School Coverage under the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative Core Principles
McLean, VA – May 2, 2024 – Twenty-one of the nation’s leading food, beverage, and quick serve restaurant companies have agreed to strengthen their voluntary commitments for responsible food advertising to children under the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) Core Principles.
BBB National Programs Issues Compliance Warning for Use of AI in Child-Directed Advertising and Data Collection
McLean, VA – May 1, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) today issued a new compliance warning on the application of CARU’s Advertising and Privacy Guidelines to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), putting advertisers, brands, endorsers, developers, toy manufacturers, and others on...
BBB National Programs Applauds Today’s Launch of the Global CBPR Forum, Strengthening Commitments to International Data Privacy
McLean, VA – April 30, 2024 – BBB National Programs applauds the work of the Global CBPR Forum members, including the U.S. Department of Commerce, to launch the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) and Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) certification systems, a key development in...
Latest Decisions
Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council Recommends Lyconet Discontinue Salesforce Member Earnings Claims
McLean, VA – July 1, 2024 – The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) recommended that Lyconet America, Inc. discontinue certain earnings claims made by salesforce members on YouTube and Facebook.
Following National Advertising Division Challenge, Afloia Direct Voluntarily Discontinues HEPA and H13 Standards Claims for Air Purifiers
New York, NY – June 28, 2024 – Following a BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division challenge brought by competitor Vesync Corporation, Homintell Inc. voluntarily discontinued claims for various models of its air purifiers.
National Advertising Division Finds Certain Native Brand Personal Care Products Claims Supported; Recommends P&G Modify or Discontinue Others
New York, NY – June 27, 2024 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) determined that certain claims made by P&G for its Native brand of personal care products are supported, however, NAD recommended that P&G modify or discontinue use of “simple ingredients” when describing Native product...
Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council Recommends Global Domains Discontinue Salesforce Member Earnings Claims
McLean, VA – June 27, 2024 – The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) recommended that Global Domains discontinue certain earnings claims made on the company website as well as by salesforce members on social media.
For the full text of National Advertising Division, National Advertising Review Board, and Children’s Advertising Review Unit decisions, subscribe to the Online Archive. Other case decisions are available publicly: Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council and Digital Advertising Accountability Program. For members of the press, the full text of any BBB National Programs decision is available by emailing the request to press@bbbnp.org.
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