Fighting for You: June 2025 Legislative and Regulatory Update Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/26/2025 3:16:00 PM June brought lots of sizzling policy developments for the insights industry -- some promising, others challenging. Thankfully, the Insights Association was right in the thick of it. Let’s look at some wins on privacy issues and political polling, a troubling GDPR case in Europe, lots of new guidance on privacy, AI, HR, and email laws, developments on indirect costs in federally-funded research, and more. 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
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
U.S. Regulator Shields Telephone Survey Research From Further Restrictions Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/15/2012 12:58:00 PM The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today unanimously approved new regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) – the key law restricting telephone survey research across the U.S. – that will prohibit most telemarketing robocalls while continuing to permit survey research calls. Read More