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The Following Open Letter to Apple Was Released by The Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media on Behalf of Itself and Its Founding Trade OrganizationsNEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As the leading organizations representing global brand marketers and the digital media and advertising industry, we welcome your decision to delay the proposed policy changes for Apple's Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) for iOS 14 until next year, and we request an urgent meeting to ensure we use that additional time to launch a collaborative process to address widespread questions and concerns around those upcoming changes. We share your strong support for consumer privacy and choice, and we hope to work together to strengthen and extend those important goals, while also protecting the consumer experience and the ad-supported digital economy. In particular, we hope to better understand the specific rationale for such changes, how the changes will be implemented, and what steps might be taken by marketers, publishers, app developers, and other parties to ensure that critical functionality is preserved. Without immediate engagement in a cross-industry dialogue, we believe the proposed changes could have a negative impact on both consumers and businesses, as iPhone and iPad users risk losing access to many popular ad-funded apps, news organizations and other publishers are starved of a vital source of revenue during the current economic crisis, vibrant ad-supported innovation and competition withers, and critical functionality grinds to a halt across the advertising supply chain. Following are some of the issues we would like to discuss around iOS 14:
That is why our industry recently launched the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media, to help create global, industry-wide standards for addressable media. The Partnership's objective is to safeguard privacy and improve consumer experience, while protecting key functionalities like customization and analytics necessary for digital media and advertising. We would like to invite you to join with us in this effort, so we can work together to develop an effective universal solution that extends across the entire ecosystem, not just to Apple-owned products and platforms. We believe it is essential to adopt a fair approach that balances the interests of companies that control platforms with those of consumers, publishers, third-party networks, and developers. After all, it is the products and services of our members and their apps and media offerings-that make up the overwhelming majority of time consumers spend on Apple devices, that are in large part a contributor to the success of Apple and its products. We also are inviting representatives from other browser and operating system companies to take part in that effort, so all of the major stakeholders will be represented. Given the significant time needed for marketers and other companies to adapt their systems, it is imperative that we meet soon, so we can discuss those issues and potential solutions with time to implement them across the industry. We appreciate your willingness to discuss these important issues with your peers in the digital economy, and we look forward to a productive dialogue that will ensure privacy and preserve the robust ad-supported digital marketplace. Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media 4A's | American Association of Advertising Agencies ANA | Association of National Advertisers Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and IAB Tech Lab Network Advertising Initiative World Federation of Advertisers Media Contact: Andrew Weinstein 703-597-6175 SOURCE Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media |