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24Apr
Howard Fienberg |
24 Apr, 2025
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Fighting for You,
politics,
exit poll,
data privacy,
Nevada,
Louisiana,
California,
artificial intelligence,
census,
competitive sourcing,
IDEA |
Government Affairs |
The insights industry faced more than just April showers, as the first full month of spring brought tempestuous issues, such as whether recent federal government action against DEI and sex/gender identity means we can no longer ask demographic questions, and determining the current impact of DOGE on the industry. We weighed in with Congress on consumer data privacy legislation, looked at a new privacy law change in Utah and the status of some AI legislation in California, urged more funding for ...
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27Mar
Howard Fienberg |
27 Mar, 2025
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Fighting for You,
tax,
data privacy,
international,
Russia,
China,
California,
artificial intelligence,
census,
human resources,
independent contractors,
incentives,
tax,
Maryland |
Government Affairs |
March blew in like a lion for the insights industry, but it shows no signs of leaving like a lamb, as the Insights Association grappled with lots of advocacy issues, including: complicated new prohibitions on data sharing with certain foreign countries (and companies controlled by them); a new FTC nominee; worrisome tax bills in Maryland; a California bill to restrict artificial intelligence in interactions with research subjects; a new U.S. Labor Secretary potentially hostile to treating resear...
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Spooky season is here, but thanks to the Insights Association the insights industry had the upper hand on the legislative and legal ghouls and goblins in October as we tackled bills and laws on privacy, data security, artificial intelligence, and more.
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26Sep
Howard Fienberg |
26 Sep, 2024
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Data Privacy,
Data Security,
Artificial Intelligence,
census,
California,
China,
International,
Colorado,
Minors,
Nebraska,
Tax,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
Cool winds are blowing through DC and the state capitols, but the action in September remained hot on multiple policy fronts of interest to the insights industry. The Insights Association helped to snag wins against a tax on advertising research and a requirement for opt out preference signals, while also delving into pending legislation and new state and federal laws in data privacy, advancing legislation on artificial intelligence, new guidance for insights professionals using synthetic resear...
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30Jul
Howard Fienberg |
30 Jul, 2024
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Data Privacy,
Data Security,
Iowa,
Florida,
West Virginia,
California,
Artificial Intelligence,
independent contractors,
incentives,
human resources,
census,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
Despite all the political turmoil in the U.S., the Insights Association remained focused on advocacy on our bread-and-butter policy issues in July, including heated fights over census funding, delays in federal noncompete rules, proposed portable benefits for independent contractors (that could include research subjects), more AI legislation, and a win on some IA-supported legislation in Congress.
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27Jun
Howard Fienberg |
27 Jun, 2024
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Data Privacy,
Data Security,
International,
Russia,
China,
Texas,
Oregon,
Connecticut,
California,
Colorado,
Artificial Intelligence,
independent contractors,
incentives,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
The heat was rising on legislative, regulatory and compliance issues for the insights industry in June, as the Insights Association focused on: federal privacy legislation; pending compliance hurdles as new state and federal laws took effect; a new AI law in Colorado; and a federal bill that would require tax withholding for research subjects receiving participant incentives.
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30May
Howard Fienberg |
30 May, 2024
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human resources,
artificial intelligence,
data privacy,
minors,
California,
Connecticut,
Rhode Island,
New York,
international,
china,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
With summer almost upon us, the Insights Association focused this month on a new U.S. law prohibiting many data transfers to China and vaguely-Chinese-owned companies, federal minors’ privacy bills, more AI legislation, and how insights employers can comply with the new FTC rule banning non-compete agreements in employment contracts, among other policy issues.
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25Apr
Howard Fienberg |
25 Apr, 2024
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contracts,
human resources,
politics,
census,
competitive sourcing,
tax,
nebraska,
california,
vermont,
massachusetts,
artificial intelligence,
minors,
data privacy,
data security,
fighting for you |
Government Affairs |
The first full month of spring brought with it a shiny new federal privacy bill, some developments on AI regulation, a tax win in Nebraska, a new federal ban on noncompetes, advances in preventing the government from competing with the insights industry, legislation moving in Minnesota on exit polling and political opinion research, complicated business payment disputes, and some new developments on competitive sourcing of insights services and the Census Household Panel.
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28Mar
Howard Fienberg |
28 Mar, 2024
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Telephone,
tax,
West Virginia,
New Jersey,
California,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Utah,
Oklahoma,
Artificial Intelligence,
Washington,
Minors,
Data Privacy,
Data Security,
fighting for you |
Government Affairs |
The insights industry’s public policy concerns entered March roaring like a lion, but they are not exactly leaving it like a lamb. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress touched on a few of them, including privacy, artificial intelligence (AI) and research subjects who receive incentives. Further this month, IA is engaging with legislation and regulation on data privacy, including potential harsh restrictions on data sharing with Chinese-controlled companies and restricti...
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29Feb
Howard Fienberg |
29 Feb, 2024
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fighting for you,
tax,
artificial intelligence,
data privacy,
data security,
telephone,
census,
massachusetts,
california,
connecticut,
virginia,
florida,
washington,
healthcare,
hawaii |
Government Affairs |
This month, the Insights Association focused on extensive artificial intelligence legislation at the state level, urgent developments in privacy compliance in California and Washington state, new bills on census issues (including one that would kill the ACS), the insights compliance concerns with sales taxes on SaaS and PaaS, and a couple of new telephone-related bills.
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