From Digiday
Overheard at The IAB Tech Lab Summit
By Ronan Shields
IAB Tech Lab marked its 10th anniversary this week with a two-day summit hosted in New York City where participants debated the challenges of the years ahead, not to mention the shortcomings of the years gone by.
To kick off proceedings, the IAB Tech Lab CEO claimed, “Nothing will be the same again…” while fellow conference participants shared their points of view, both publicly and privately, at a time of reflection...
“If you’re just kind of shooting stuff blindly in the night and wishing for the best … that essentially reflects poorly on your business.” — Ashkan Soltani, executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency, voiced the requirements of participants in the ad tech value chain under what some have construed as the U.S.’s most thorough data privacy regulations...
Ashkan Soltani (MIMS 2009) has previously served a brief stint as a Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and as the Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission. He now serves as the Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency.
