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April 5, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Clarification of TCPA Autodialer Definition a Win for Insights Industry

The U.S. Supreme Court has clarified the definition of an autodialer in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The case, in which the Insights Association had joined an amicus brief, potentially clears up decades of convoluted and conflicting rules and decisions from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and various courts that have tied legitimate actors in knots and fueled a deluge of class action litigation.

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August 31, 2020

IA Urges Transparency in Phone Ecosystem via Mandatory Notification and Redress for Call Blocking and Labeling

The Insights Association, the leading nonprofit trade association for the insights industry, expressed "serious concerns that many phone calls and texts to consumers for the purposes of bona fide marketing research are being improperly blocked or labeled as spam by voice service providers and call blocking and labeling service providers."

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July 6, 2020

TCPA Update from SCOTUS: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Government Debt Calls Exemption While Keeping Troublesome Telephone Law Intact

The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down the 2015 government debt calls exception from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which makes calling cell phones for research purposes legally hazardous, as a content-based restriction on speech. Dashing the hopes of many TCPA watchers built up during oral arguments, the decision in Barr v. AAPC left the TCPA overall intact

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June 18, 2020

Fighting for You: June 2020 Update

The Insights Association has been racking up advocacy wins for our members in the areas of pharmaceutical research, small business loan forgiveness, telephone research, and jury trial research.

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March 17, 2020

Telephone Research Restricted During a State of Emergency?

With a state of emergency being called in many jurisdictions across the United States, does that mean you can't make telephone research calls?

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January 30, 2020

Telephone Research Requires Transparency and Accountability from Call Blocking and Labeling, Insights Association Tells FCC

Decrying the "current opaque and unaccountable telephone environment," the Insights Association urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "to make transparency and redress a priority, since

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December 1, 2019

A (data) gathering storm? An update on legislation and regulation impacting the insights industry in 2019

Insights Association lobbyist Howard Fienberg provides a 2019 update on legislation and regulation impacting the marketing research and data analytics industry for Quirks magazine.

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October 1, 2019

Call Blocking Recommendations to the FCC from Robocall Blocking Working Group

As a lack of transparency and redress in call blocking and labeling are potentially clobbering telephone research, a key advisory group told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that those principles will be important in helping consumers, too

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June 5, 2019

Seeking Solutions for Call Blocking and Labeling at the FCC

Insights Association comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on proposed regulations requiring call blocking across the U.S.

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December 31, 2018

2019 Predictions for the Marketing Research and Data Analytics Industry

The Insights Association contributes to Research Business Report's 24th Annual Predictions Issue

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The Insights Association protects and creates demand for the evolving Insights and Analytics industry by promoting the indisputable role of insights in driving business impact. All revenue is invested in quality standards, legal and business advocacy, education, certification and direct support to enable our members to thrive.

The 2019 IA Code of Standards and Ethics for Marketing Research and Data Analytics may be found here.

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Our members are the world's leading producers of intelligence, analytics and insights defining the needs, attitudes and behaviors of consumers, organizations and their employees, students and citizens. With that essential understanding, leaders can make intelligent decisions and deploy strategies and tactics to build trust, inspire innovation, realize the full potential of individuals and teams, and successfully create and promote products, services and ideas. 

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