New Jersey Pharmaceutical Regulations Exclude Independent Marketing Research with Prescribers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 1/18/2018 12:41:00 PM New regulations in New Jersey restricting interactions between medical professionals and pharmaceutical manufacturers should not impede marketing research, thanks to the advocacy of the Insights Association, the leading nonprofit association representing the marketing research and analytics industry. Read More
iconectiv Confirms That Number Portability Database is Not Just for Telemarketers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 1/16/2018 4:59:00 PM Companies who need to access the national number portability database include marketing research companies. Read More
The Insights Association and AAPOR File FCC Petition Seeking Legal Differentiation for Marketing and Research Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/30/2017 3:04:00 PM Seeking to clarify the regulatory distinction between the intent to market and sell to individuals and the dissimilar intent to understand market needs, the Insights Association and AAPOR have filed a petition with the FCC to secure "greater clarity" that will be "critical to restoring a measure of sanity to TCPA litigation." Read More
Testimony at New Jersey Regulatory Hearing in Defense of Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/20/2017 12:54:00 PM A leading research association testified at a hearing in New Jersey on October 19, 2017 about proposed regulations on payments to medical professionals, urging an exemption for pharmaceutical marketing research incentive payments. Read More
Number Portability Database is for Researchers, Not Just Telemarketers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/4/2017 4:55:00 PM Are all people who need to access the national number portability database "telemarketers?" Read More
What is the GDPR? Understanding the European Union General Data Protection Regulation Author Government Affairs 9/25/2017 1:26:00 PM The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR or Regulation) provides the new regulatory framework for privacy and data protection in the EU and ushers in ambitious changes. Read More
GDPR: Where Do I Start? Author Government Affairs 9/25/2017 1:21:00 PM You’ve determined that your company needs to comply with the GDPR, but deciding on where to begin can be daunting. This section of the GDPR Portal will outline four compliance phases that will take your from square one to implementation and beyond. Read More
FCC Should White List Research Callers - Insights Association response to robocall proposals Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/1/2017 5:12:00 PM The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should require voice service providers and call blocking service providers to check a white list of legitimate dialers before blocking a telephone number, according to comments from a leading research association. Read More
New NTIA Facial Recognition Best Practices Advance Research and Consumer Privacy Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/30/2016 9:35:00 AM A new set of industry best practices for protecting consumer privacy in facial recognition technology, resulting from a multistakeholder process overseen by a federal government agency, will advance privacy safeguards while also carving out most research and analytics uses of the technology. Read More
CASRO and MRA Join Suit Against the FCC’s New TCPA Rules Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/13/2015 2:59:00 PM America’s two national associations representing the profession and industry of survey, opinion and marketing research have filed a “motion to intervene” in a court case against new telephone rules from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Read More