DAA guidelines for CTV opt-outs
September 13, 2024
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) has released new guidelines for the implementation of the AdChoices Icon and Ad Marker in Connected TV (CTV) environments. The new creative guidelines help advertisers and CTV companies use the ubiquitous AdChoices Icon to provide consumers with information and control around interest-based advertising on CTV devices. This new AdChoices supplement aims to provide consumers with a consistent and familiar experience across computers, mobile devices, and the CTV space.
“Americans now spend an average of more than two hours a day watching connected TV, and it is vital that they have access to AdChoices’ familiar tools for information and control across CTV devices and platforms,” said Lou Mastria, President and CEO of the DAA. “If advertisers want to continue to be able to use this increasingly important medium to grow their businesses by connecting with how their consumers enjoy media today, they must provide the necessary tools to build trust with consumers. The AdChoices programme is familiar to consumers on the web and in apps, so it only makes sense to extend this well-known privacy-enhancing regime to CTV.”
A range of implementation options helps advertisers, agencies, streamers, publishers, OEMs and ad tech companies address variations in technology, interface, and content across CTV platforms, while providing a consistent user experience through the familiar AdChoices Icon and name.
“The DAA encourages OEMs, content distributors, and other companies using CTV to review and implement these guidelines in their ads, settings, and other viewer touchpoints to provide their customers with access to the kind of privacy choices around interest-based ads they have come to trust across other digital platforms,” added Mastria.
The DAA’s new guidelines – AdChoices Icon & Ad Marker Implementation Supplement for Connected TV – cover a range of use cases and technical scenarios offering flexible options to present AdChoices across different CTV devices and platforms. The framework fall into four categories, which can be used individually or in combination:
● Always-Available Settings: Guidance on embedding AdChoices into on-device CTV settings to provide consumers with easy access to transparency and control tools at any time.
● Ad-Level Implementations: Instructions on how to incorporate AdChoices in the player bar and in/near ad units, providing consumers with extended privacy functionality during their ad experience.
● At-Time Implementations: Recommendations for integrating AdChoices within voice control features and using QR codes, as well as through periodic notice,.
● Asynchronous Implementations: Strategies for including AdChoices in initial device setup (unboxing or setup), through audio interactions, and through CMP-supported notice.
The new creative guidelines have been designed for use by companies across the CTV and streaming ecosystem, including advertisers, agencies, TV original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), content distributors, CTV applications, SDK providers, and programmatic suppliers. The new guidelines were developed by the DAA Principles and Communications Committee and DAA working groups which brought together expertise across the technological, creative, and operational aspects of ad delivery.