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12/12/2019 - National Advertising Review Board (NARB) of the BBB National Programs Announces its Distinguished 2020 NARB Panel Members from Leading Companies, Advertising Agencies, and Universities
BBB National Programs, Inc. (BBB NP) is pleased to announce the 2020 National Advertising Review Board (NARB) Panel Members for 2020. The NARB Panel Members are selected for their standing and expertise in the advertising field to serve with the advertising industry’s only peer-review organization. -
11/18/2019 - Keurig Dr Pepper Joins CFBAI
Arlington, VA – Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) is pleased to welcome Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) as the newest program participant. Earlier this year, KDP agreed to advertise only foods that comply with CFBAI’s Uniform Nutrition Criteria in advertising directed to children under age 12. KDP’s CFBAI pledge went into effect in July 2019.
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11/06/2019 - BBB National Programs Appoints Eric D. Reicin President & Chief Executive Officer following Council of Better Business Bureaus' Restructure
Arlington, VA – (November 6, 2019) – BBB National Programs, Inc. (BBB NP) today announced the appointment of Eric D. Reicin as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 4, 2019. His appointment follows a June 1, 2019 reorganization resulting in the establishment of BBB NP.
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10/15/2019 - Twenty Years of Successful Co-Regulation Under COPPA: A Model for Fostering Consumer Privacy
When Congress enacted the COPPA safe harbor provisions, its goal was to increase compliance by leveraging industry self-regulatory resources, thus protecting children. This paper examines how that provision arose, and how it has operated over the past two decades in complement with the entire COPPA framework to benefit children and parents, government, and businesses alike.
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8/01/2019 - CFBAI Statement on ‘Food industry self-regulation after 10 years’ (Rudd Center 2017)
We are pleased that the Rudd Center report “Food industry self-regulation after 10 years” noted measurable improvements in food advertising directed to children since the launch of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative in 2007. CFBAI and its participants share the Rudd Center’s goal of improving the children’s food advertising landscape. That is why CFBAI participants have voluntarily committed to limit their food advertising to children under age 12 to foods that meet strong nutrition criteria, or to not advertise to this age group at all. The Rudd Center and other groups have noted several times that CFBAI participants have kept their promises, as have the confectionery companies that have joined the Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative (CCAI). -
8/01/2019 - CFBAI Statement Amending the Juices Category in its Category-Specific Nutrition Criteria
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7/24/2019 - 18 Leading Food, Beverage, and Restaurant Companies Adopt Revised, Stronger Uniform Nutrition Criteria for Foods Advertised to Children
The 18 companies that participate in the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) have agreed to strengthen the Category-Specific Uniform Nutrition Criteria that apply to foods advertised to children. CFBAI announced that all of its participants -- leading U.S. food and beverage and quick serve restaurant companies -- have agreed to an implementation date of January 1, 2020 to coincide with implementation of the Food and Drug Administration’s new food labeling regulations.
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7/24/2019 - Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council Established to Proactively Increase Oversight of Direct Sellers
A new industry self-regulatory program will actively monitor the direct-selling marketplace to help “ensure high standards of integrity and business ethics as the guiding principles for all direct selling companies in the marketplace.” The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) was created by the Direct Selling Association (DSA) and will administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB). -
6/03/2019 - The Council of Better Business Bureaus Restructures
BBB National Programs, Inc. was launched in 2019 as part of an internal restructuring of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (CBBB). BBB National Programs now administers the self-regulatory and dispute resolution programs formerly administered by the CBBB. -
4/02/2019 - First 100 Actions: Most Companies Fixed Data Privacy Issues When Challenged
The first 100 public actions addressing digital privacy related to interest-based advertising show the willingness of digital advertisers and publishers to comply with self-regulatory standards. When challenged, the vast majority of companies cooperated and made the recommended changes to their policies and practices, according to a retrospective report released today. -
3/01/2019 - ASRC Announces New Leadership for National Advertising Review Board
The Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) announced the appointment of Kenneth A. Plevan as chair of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), effective March 1, 2019. -
1/09/2019 - Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council Established to Proactively Increase Oversight of Direct Sellers
A new industry self-regulatory program will actively monitor the direct-selling marketplace to help “ensure high standards of integrity and business ethics as the guiding principles for all direct selling companies in the marketplace.” -
12/01/2018 - Leading Food companies deliver excellent compliance on their kids’ food advertising commitments
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10/10/2018 - CCAI Release 2017 Annual Report
The Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative (CCAI) participants again demonstrated excellent compliance with their commitments to not advertise to children under age 12 in 2017. -
12/21/2017 - CFBAI Reports Full Compliance with Food Advertising Commitments in 2016 and Adds Two CCAI Participants
The nation’s leading food and beverage companies and quick-serve restaurants demonstrated excellent compliance in 2016 with their commitments to advertise to children only foods that meet uniform nutrition criteria. -
12/11/2017 - Compliance Warning: Interest-Based Video Ads Require Transparency, Choice
Today, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program announced that on April 1, 2018, it will require video advertisements to provide consumers with transparency and control with every interest-based video ad roll. -
8/24/2017 - CARU Welcomes New Leader to Key Industry Self-Regulatory Program
The Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) and Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) today announced the appointment of Dona J Fraser as Director of the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU). CARU was created in 1974 to promote principles of responsibility in advertising to children. -
6/14/2017 - Excellent First Year Compliance by Participants in Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative
The companies that participated in the Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative (CCAI) achieved excellent compliance with their commitments to not advertise to children under age 12 in 2016. -
2/01/2017 - Accountability Program Begins Enforcement of Cross-Device Guidance; Warns Companies to Give Consumers Clean Notice, Choice
The Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program begins enforcement of the Digital Advertising Alliance’s latest guidance, the Application of the Self-Regulatory Principles of Transparency and Control to Data Used Across Devices. -
6/16/2016 - Two More Confectionery Companies Pledge to Not Advertise Candy or Chocolate Directly to Children
“We are so pleased that two additional confection companies have joined CCAI,” said Maureen Enright, director of CCAI.
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