TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - Adam Kardash, Partner, Head of Heenan Blaikie's National Privacy and Information Management Practice Group and Managing Director and Head of AccessPrivacy, and one of Canada's leading privacy practitioners, has been appointed as Special Counsel to the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada).
Kardash, along with a team from Heenan Blaikie and AccessPrivacy, will be taking a lead role in IAB Canada's advocacy, messaging and interaction within the Canadian privacy/marketing and advertising fields, including interacting with, and developing written submissions for, governmental consultations on proposed legislative reform, policy initiatives, and privacy and marketing regulatory guidelines.
Chris Williams, President of IAB Canada, explains "Our members are facing an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment, especially digital privacy law within online advertising. The technology is complex, detailed and moving very fast. It takes the combination of experts in law, policy, ad operations and the widest group of digital stakeholders to ensure the industry is moving forward responsibly with a balance of commerce and consumer protection."
"IAB Canada members are the key players in one of the fastest growing industry sectors in the country. The association is ideally suited to take a leading advocacy and educational role in the evolving area of digital privacy and marketing law, policy and self-regulatory initiatives," said Kardash.
Heenan Blaikie is pleased to be a part of this exciting initiative.
About IAB Canada
IAB Canada is a not-for-profit association representing Canada's most well-known and respected advertisers, agencies, media companies, mobile and videogame marketers and developers, measurement companies, service providers, educational institutions and government associations operating within the Canadian digital marketing and advertising industry. For further information about IAB Canada, please click here.
About Heenan Blaikie
Heenan Blaikie is recognized as one of Canada's leading law firms. We focus on six practice areas: business law, labour and employment, taxation, litigation, intellectual property and entertainment law. We deliver comprehensive legal advice and innovative business solutions to clients across Canada and abroad from our nine offices in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and our Paris office and Singapore representative office.
About AccessPrivacy
AccessPrivacy is an integrated service offering, complementary to the Heenan Blaikie national Privacy and Information Management Law practice. Members of the AccessPrivacy team provide privacy and information management consulting services to organizations in the private, public and broader public sectors, with a special focus on industry-specific issues facing the health, financial services and business process outsourcing sectors. Their team has a unique blend of consulting and legal experience that allows them to provide timely, practical and cost-effective business solutions.
SOURCE: Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada
Kelly Sanderson
Director of Marketing
IAB Canada
Phone: (416) 598-3400 ext. 22
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