DAA Begins Onboarding Companies to Use CCPA Opt-Out Tools

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today officially launched the onboarding process for companies across the digital advertising supply chain to use its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Tools. The DAA's CCPA Opt-Out Tools provide consumers a clear and recognizable mechanism to express cross-industry choices around the sale of their personal information.¹

"The digital advertising industry is constantly changing, and the Digital Advertising Alliance has helped companies keep pace by regularly updating our guidance and our tools to address new technologies, business models, and regulatory requirements," said Lou Mastria, Executive Director of the DAA. "By leveraging our deep expertise and broad consumer recognition, the DAA has been able to quickly develop and deploy new CCPA Opt-Out Tools for use by the ad industry. We're seeing tremendous interest in adoption, and we will continue to educate the industry about how to use them for both CCPA purposes and to adhere to consumer expectations."

The DAA announced that its web- and app-based tools are expected to go live on January 1, 2020, as the new law takes effect. Consumers will be able to access the tools through standardized CCPA-specific links on publisher sites and apps that include a new green icon similar to the existing YourAdChoices and PoliticalAds icons. The web tool also can be accessed directly at www.privacyrights.info, while the app will be available through the major app stores and the DAA's YourAdChoices site.

The web-based tool will enable consumers to express an opt out from sale of their personal information, including its use for interest-based advertising, by companies that collect data across sites and are offering a CCPA opt out to the sale of information through the tools. (An app version of the tool will provide the same breadth of control for companies in the in-app world).

The DAA is educating its participating companies about the process and steps needed to integrate the tools through a series of webinars, emails, and direct engagement. Companies interested in using the DAA's CCPA Opt-Out Tools can get more information at www.privacyrights.info.

While the DAA's tools contain notice requirements for publishers, the CCPA Opt-Out Tools are designed to provide the ability for consumers to opt-out of the sale of personal information by third party businesses integrated into these tools across sites/apps where they may be collecting such data.  Publishers should seek their own technical tools to help them meet their requirements under the DAA's guidelines and the CCPA itself. 

Important Notice: The CCPA is a new and novel area, which is subject to change and interpretation. The DAA is not providing legal advice or warranting that its offerings will ensure a business's compliance with law. The guidance released DAA is subject to the CCPA's requirements but offers tools for consumers to use to express an opt out from sale. 

About the Digital Advertising Alliance

The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) is an independent not-for-profit organization which establishes and enforces responsible privacy practices for relevant digital advertising, while giving consumers information and control over the types of digital advertising they receive. The DAA runs the YourAdChoices, mobile AppChoices, and PoliticalAds programs. Underlying the DAA's efforts are the DAA Self-Regulatory Principles, including updates to address changing technologies and business models around multi-site, mobile, and cross-device data. Compliance with the DAA Principles is independently enforced for all companies in digital advertising by BBB National Programs and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). The DAA is managed by a consortium of the leading national advertising and marketing trade groups, including the 4A's; American Advertising Federation; ANA; Interactive Advertising Bureau; and Network Advertising Initiative, with the advice of BBB National Programs.

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¹ All terms in this document, including "collection," "sale," "personal information," "third party," and "opt-out" are used in conformance with their definitions in the CCPA and its implementing regulations.

SOURCE Digital Advertising Alliance