Kids Industry Connect

The 2025 Kids Industry Connect Summit brings together industry leaders to explore the fast-evolving landscape of marketing to children and teens in the United States. Connect with like-minded, forward-thinking brands for engaging sessions and CLE credit.

Navigating California's Lemon Law

BBB National Programs is helping manufacturers comply with California's Assembly Bill No. 1755, which introduces significant lemon law changes if a consumer intends to seek restitution or replacement of a motor vehicle.

Political Ads Guidance

The Digital Advertising Accountability Program has issued new guidance on How to Ensure Transparency in Political Advertising to educate advertisers sponsorship transparency requirements for online and mobile political ads.

The COPPA Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, and Congress is re-examining COPPA 2.0. CARU breaks down what you need to know. 

Automotive Disputes

BBB AUTO LINE helps settle vehicle warranty and lemon law disputes without the need for an attorney. But it is important to understand eligibility, which can depend on a number of factors such as the manufacturer of your vehicle.

In the News

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued an RFI inviting stakeholders to share their insights and suggestions on the newly formed data privacy working group. BBB National Programs appreciated the opportunity to comment on the need for such a framework as well as our recommendations for its development.

Our Impact

Keeping Advertising Honest

Promoting truthful, transparent, responsible advertising through self-regulation, monitoring, and enforcement.

Achieving Privacy Accountability

Advancing privacy best practices and operating independent, third-party accountability programs to help businesses and consumers navigate the digital marketplace.

Protecting Children & Teens Online

Protecting children from deceptive or inappropriate advertising and ensuring that, in an online environment, children’s data is collected and handled responsibly.

Resolving Consumer Disputes

Success in neutral impartial mediation and arbitration for nearly 40 years, including BBB AUTO LINE, class action arbitration, and custom programs.

Emerging Issues & Programs

BBB National Programs is continuously working on new programs and initiatives to support the evolving business landscape.

Explore BBB National Programs

Our independent industry self-regulation, accountability, and dispute resolution programs have a long track record of success, beginning with the founding of our National Advertising Division in 1971. Today, we operate more than 20 self-regulation and dispute resolution programs.

California Lemon Law Civil Action Arbitration

California Lemon Law Civil Action Mediation

Center for Industry Self-Regulation

Children’s Confection Advertising Initiative

Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU)

Children's Food & Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI)

Data Privacy Framework (DPF) Services

Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP)

Digital Health Privacy Program (DHPP)

Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC)

Ford Extended Service Arbitration

Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR)

National Advertising Division (NAD)

National Advertising Review Board (NARB)

Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) Certification

Vendor Privacy Program Certification

Volkswagen Car-Net & Audi Connect

Media & Resources

Our National Partners

  • Direct Selling Association (DSA)
  • BIC Corporation
  • BakerHostetler
  • Ferrero USA, Inc.
  • Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
  • Inspire Brands
  • Crowell & Moring LLP
  • Post Consumer Brands, LLC
  • Osano, Inc.
  • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  • Kao USA Inc.
  • SuperAwesome, Inc.
  • Loeb & Loeb, LLP
  • McDonald's USA
  • Reed Smith LLP
  • Perkins Coie LLP
  • Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • Google, Inc.
  • Nissan North America, Inc.
  • The Bazooka Companies, Inc.
  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • Mazda North American Operations
  • Hostess Brands, LLC
  • MATTEL, Inc.
  • Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
  • Hormel Foods Corporation
  • BISSELL
  • Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
  • The ADT Corporation
  • Plexus Worldwide
  • Overstock.com
  • S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Henkel North America
  • Capital One
  • Hasbro, Inc.
  • Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
  • GameFam
  • The Clorox Company
  • Dyson, Inc.
  • Haleon
  • White & Case LLP
  • Mars, Inc.
  • The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • LEGO Systems, Inc.
  • DLA Piper LLP
  • Market America Worldwide
  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • GuruNanda LLC
  • Burger King Corporation
  • The Boston Beer Company
  • Kellanova
  • Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
  • Keller and Heckman LLP
  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
  • Arbonne International, LLC
  • Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
  • JP Morgan Chase Credit Card
  • Paramount
  • Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
  • Alticor
  • Mondelez International, LLC
  • Lindt & Sprungli USA, Inc.
  • Coty, Inc.
  • Campbell Soup Company
  • Meta
  • Hyundai Motor America
  • Unilever United States, Inc.
  • Verizon Communications, Inc.
  • Pokémon Company International
  • Expedia, Inc.
  • T-Mobile USA, Inc.
  • Venable LLP
  • Church & Dwight Co, Inc.
  • 4A's
  • Ferrara Candy Company
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Oral Essentials, Inc.
  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • Conagra Brands, Inc.
  • Arent Fox LLP
  • Melaleuca, Inc.
  • Livewire Group
  • Lucid Group, Inc.
  • Haynes and Boone, LLP
  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • Danone North America, PBC
  • PepsiCo, Inc.
  • Spin Master, Ltd.
  • Sharkninja Operating LLC
  • Creative Consumer Concepts (C3)
  • Covington & Burlington LLP
  • Davis & Gilbert LLP
  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
  • Foley Hoag, LLP
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • Purdy Smith
  • National Confectioners Association (NCA)
  • Nestle USA, Inc.
  • L'Oréal USA, Inc.
  • SafeGuard Privacy, Inc.
  • AlEn USA, LLC
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Bayer Healthcare, LLC
  • Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP
  • Great Healthworks, Inc.
  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • Reckitt Benckiser LLC
  • American Advertising Federation (AAF)
  • The Hershey Company
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Vesync Corporation
  • Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC

CEO Spotlight

Thought leadership on pressing topics and emerging issues from BBB National Programs President & CEO Eric D. Reicin.  

The Compelling Need for Academic Research on Industry Self-Regulation

Industry self-regulation remains largely misunderstood. As Arizona State University pilots a new soft law and industry self-regulation curricula this year for second and third-year law students to help increase exposure to this topic, additional academic research into the conditions that would expand industry self-regulation’s impact is necessary.