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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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In response to a request for information from a Senate committee leader, the Insights Association, the leading nonprofit association for the insights industry, urged that any potential regime of portable benefits for independent contractors should not apply to research subjects.
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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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President Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union Address to Congress touched on a few policy areas of concern to the insights industry, including privacy, artificial intelligence (AI) and research subjects who receive incentives.
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28Dec
Howard Fienberg |
28 Dec, 2023
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tax,
data privacy,
data security,
new york,
maine,
oregon,
minors,
independent contractors,
incentives,
artificial intelligence,
fighting for you |
Government Affairs |
As the insights industry closes out 2023 on the calendar, the Insights Association looked back at our advocacy wins and losses on various consumer data privacy issues, and taxes, while checking in on legislation, regulation, and laws at the state and federal level on privacy, taxes, the independent contractor status of research subjects, and artificial intelligence.
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31Aug
Howard Fienberg |
31 Aug, 2023
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data privacy,
data security,
independent contractors,
incentives,
tax,
human resources,
eu,
international,
artificial intelligence,
california,
florida,
tennessee,
telephone,
oregon,
new york,
healthcare,
south carolina,
fighting for you |
Government Affairs |
As we close out an intense summer for the insights industry, the Insights Association has been focused on a wide variety of policy issues, including: the launch of a new program for legally transferring European Union personal data to the U.S.; looming worries in complying with state comprehensive consumer data privacy laws that came into effect on July 1, and newly-passed state laws in Florida and Tennessee; the latest developments in compliance concerns and regulation of artificial intelligenc...
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31May
Howard Fienberg |
31 May, 2023
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data privacy,
data security,
maryland,
new york,
human resources,
census,
independent contractors,
incentives,
artificial intelligence,
washington,
healthcare,
telephone,
tax,
california,
louisiana,
minors,
rhode island,
indiana,
iowa,
fighting for you |
Government Affairs |
As temperatures rose, so did the threats and opportunities for the insights industry in advocacy during May, ranging from three new comprehensive state privacy laws, advancing regulation of artificial intelligence, compliance concerns with state sales taxes, jousting over the Census Household Panel, restrictions on high-end incentives for research subjects, state legislation to ban non-competes, and a new Maryland law restricting most telephone calls for research purposes.
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29Mar
Howard Fienberg |
29 Mar, 2023
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data privacy,
data security,
human resources,
independent contractors,
incentives,
census,
fighting for you,
california,
washington,
illinois,
tennessee |
Government Affairs |
Welcome to spring, where the insights industry has been facing challenges in regulation and legislation, including state and federal data privacy (especially the finalized rules you need to know in California), the treatment of research subjects as independent contractors, and prohibitions on non-compete agreements. We also welcomed the new scathing conclusions of a federal investigation into the Census Bureau’s attempt to compete against the insights industry, and reviewed the players on Congr...
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03Jan
Howard Fienberg |
03 Jan, 2023
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data privacy,
data security,
independent contractors,
incentives,
census,
tax,
fighting for you,
michigan,
new york,
new jersey,
connecticut,
pennsylvania |
Government Affairs |
As we begin a new year, let’s take a quick look back at the insights industry’s successes and challenges covered by the Insights Association in December 2022, including: wins and losses on taxes specifically targeting insights; wins and losses on state privacy bills; last-minute preparations for new state privacy laws; bringing transparency to the Census Bureau’s attempts to compete with our industry; and state and federal legislation impacting our ability to treat research subjects as indepe...
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With American Thanksgiving now in the rearview mirror, let’s look back at the biggest challenges the insights industry tangled with this month, including new privacy rules in California and at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); some wins, losses and new laws in California; and new federal labor rules that could treat research subjects receiving incentives as if they are employees of research companies.
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