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Below you can view the IAB Tech Lab updates that are currently in Public Comment, or have recently been in Public Comment. Anyone can comment on a specification or guidance document during this period, by emailing techlab@iabtechlab.com. If you are a Tech Lab Member you can also join working groups that you are interested in to help develop new Standards and to submit proposals to update existing Standards. You can also learn more about the benefits of Membership, and how to become a Member, here.

Public Comment periods for updates are typically between 30 and 45 days for a release. Depending on the volume of comments, the finalized release will then be posted shortly afterwards and announced on our news page.

Link to ReleaseWorking GroupPillarTech Lab Product LeadPublic Comment End Date
Extended Content Identifiers in OpenRTBProgrammatic Supply Chain Working GroupSupply Chain & FoundationsHillary SlatteryClosed on April 10, 2025
Privacy Taxonomy Implementation GuidelinesPrivacy Implementation & Accountability Task Force (PIAT)PrivacyRowena LamClosed on April 17, 2025
GDPR Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) v2.3Global Privacy Working GroupPrivacyRowena LamClosed on May 19, 2025
Concurrent Streams API (Part of the Live Events Ad Playbook)Live Event Ad Serving Sub Working GroupSupply Chain & FoundationsHillary SlatteryClosed July 28, 2025
MN section in Global Privacy ProtocolGlobal Privacy Working GroupPrivacyRowena LamClosed on Aug 18, 2025
Content Taxonomy 2.1 mapping to Ad Product Taxonomy 2.0Taxonomy & Mapping Working GroupSupply Chain FoundationsKatie ShellClosed on Sept 10, 2025
Protocol Buffers Standard in OpenRTBProgrammatic Supply ChainSupply Chain and FoundationsHillary SlatteryClosed on October 15, 2025
Global Privacy Platform (GPP) and Data Deletion Request Framework (DDRF) updatesGlobal Privacy Working GroupPrivacyRowena LamDecember 1, 2025

TCF Device Storage Duration & Access Disclosure v1.1

Global Privacy Working GroupPrivacyRowena LamDecember 1, 2025
Agentic RTB Framework (ARTF)Containerization Working GroupSupply Chain FoundationsMiguel MoralesJan 15, 2026
Livestream Attribute in OpenRTBProgrammatic Supply Chain Working GroupSupply Chain and FoundationsHillary SlatteryJan 15, 2026