Network Advertising Initiative appoints Charles Curran
07 Apr 2009
The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) has appointed AOL's privacy vet Charles Curran as executive director and general counsel of the NAI. Curran replaces Trevor Hughes.
The NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) is a cooperative of online marketing and analytics companies focusing on building consumer awareness and establishing responsible business and data management practices and standards.
Curran was with AOL as chief counsel for policy and regulatory matters for 12 years.
well as AOL-owned Advertising.com and Tacoda. Curran is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. Before joining AOL, he served as worked at a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.
At AOL, Curran led the company's federal and state legislative agenda and consumer regulatory team, working on issues such as spam and privacy. Based in Dulles, VA, and New York while with AOL, Curran is now working from Washington, DC, in his new NAI position.
Curran said that before making any decisions about new directions for the group, he plans to speak with NAI members, which include Google, Yahoo, Microsoft-owned Atlas.
The NAI introduced a code of conduct for behavioral ads in December, essentially updating its policies and restricting the kind of data that can be collected for ad targeting without user permission.
