New California Law A.B. 1281 Extends B2B and Employee Data Exemptions in CCPA That Were Expiring Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 9/30/2020 4:18:00 PM California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed A.B. 1281 into law, extending the sunset date on critical exemptions for employment and business-to-business data from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as urged by the Insights Association. Read More
Washington Privacy, Minors and Data Broker Bills Fail for 2020 Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 4/20/2020 4:13:00 PM Despite the Evergreen State legislature's efforts, complicated consumer privacy legislation, minors privacy provisions, and data broker restrictions all faltered, dying at the end of Washington's 2020 legislative session. Read More
What is the GDPR? Understanding the European Union General Data Protection Regulation Author Government Affairs, GDPR 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, GDPR 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
2016 GOP and Democrat Platforms Hit on Some MRA Issues and Miss on Others Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 7/29/2016 4:02:00 PM The major party campaign platforms for 2016 reflect some of the concerns of the survey, opinion and marketing research profession. Read More
Miscellaneous Privacy-Related Laws Author Government Affairs 1/13/2015 3:34:00 PM FOIA, the Privacy Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, Telemarketing Sales Rule, FTC Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Human Subjects Rule Read More
FTC finalizes enforcement order against Compete, Inc., a marketing research company, for privacy and data security violations Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/24/2013 3:51:00 PM In finalizing the Compete settlement today, the FTC appears to have accepted points made by the MRA and rejected EPIC's proposals to modify the settlement. Read More
Michigan forbids collecting/sharing unpublished phone numbers - H.B. 4314 Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/22/2011 6:38:00 PM Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed H.B. 4314 into law as Public Act 58 of 2011 on June 14. Read More
New Texas health privacy law H.B. 300 more expansive than HIPAA Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 7/14/2011 6:33:00 PM Texas governor, Rick Perry, has signed a new health bill, H.B. 300, into law that enforces new obligations in addition to the requirements of the HIPAA privacy rule. The law, which becomes effective September 1, 2012, provides an expansive definition of a covered entity and is likely to include non-covered entities under HIPAA, including survey researchers. Read More
FDA Responds to MRA on Confidentiality of Respondent Data in Marketing Research Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/26/2010 5:17:00 PM The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to MRA on our concerns regarding the confidentiality of marketing research data. Read More