AppNexus Launches Initiative To Drive Toward GDPR Compliance

"GDPR is a coming reality, and companies that don't prepare for it will find themselves locked out of European markets," said Brian O'Kelley, CEO of AppNexus. "AppNexus believes in the fundamental goals of the GDPR. We are deeply committed to working with regulators as we help marketers engage consumers with relevant and preserve the fundamental right of our clients' end users to the protection of their personal data."

As part of its initiative, AppNexus will review the list of partners with whom it works, either directly or through its customer relationships, and will impose enhanced requirements governing the use of data on and off of its technology stack. The company will discontinue work with partners that cannot or will not comply with such requirements. AppNexus also plans to expand its European data center architecture to ensure that data originating in Europe stays in Europe.

"While many details about GDPR remain to be determined, there are important steps that companies can take now to drive toward compliance in 2018," said Julia Shullman, Deputy General Counsel, Privacy, for AppNexus. "That includes, among other things, ensuring best practices around data minimization and security. It also means working closely with partners to build tools that meet GDPR's enhanced transparency, access and choice requirements and continuing to participate in the dialogue on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation."

Because AppNexus' enterprise products and marketplace sit on top of a unified technology platform, the company believes that it is uniquely able to control and guard the flow and use of data on its technology stack. AppNexus also enjoys direct relationships with some of Europe's largest digital publishers, further enabling safer paths between buyers and sellers in its marketplace.

"GDPR will change the way that internet companies do business in Europe," O'Kelley continued. "Advertising is the power source of the open internet. It's incumbent upon all digital publishers and advertisers to work with technology companies that take privacy seriously."

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