INSIGHTS ASSOCIATION (FKA: MARKETING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION)

Advocacy for FY2024 and FY2025 funding of the Census Bureau; support for transparency and outsourcing of the Census Household Panel (formerly known as the Ask U.S. Panel).

Support for comprehensive federal consumer data privacy legislation. Reforming the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restrictions on autodialer calls to cell phones. Requiring white listing of legitimate market research callers from call blocking and labeling. General issues: consumer and data privacy; online behavioral tracking; data security and security breach notification; data brokers; Big Data; and replacing/reviving the US-EU Privacy Shield for data transfer.

Support for international trade agreements, like USMCA, that promote digital trade and combat data localization policies and cross-border restrictions on data privacy.

Support for legislation regulating artificial intelligence, focused on high risk.

Support for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 722, H.R. 1477), which would expand qualified expenses under 529 savings plans to include postsecondary training and credentialing, such as licenses and professional certifications and certificates.