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February 2008

• 1. New ICC/ESOMAR International Code
• 2. The European Commission’s Data Privacy Working Party
• 3. The EU Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices
• 4. The EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive
• 5. European Commission White Paper on Obesity
• 6. EU developing policy on RFID and e-privacy
• 7. EU developing policy on children’s privacy issues
• 8. Ensuring ISO 20252 compliance from subcontractors
• 9. Huge fines for silent calls in the UK
• 10. US House approves Do-Not-Call improvement legislation
• 11. US push for registry of drug makers’ gifts to doctors
• 12. Victory for issue polling in Florida
• 13. Global data storage and retention
• 14. Political robocalls, ADAD and IVR

Further information

For more information please contact Anna Alù:

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Public Policy Update - February 2008

 

10. House approves Do-Not-Call Improvement legislation
By Diane Bowers, President, CASRO

Two bills passed by the House of Representatives HR 3541, the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act, will eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers from the National Do-Not-Call (DNC) Registry. The Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act, authorises the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to continue collecting fees relating to the operations of the DNC Registry. In almost five years of enforcing the Registry, the FTC has initiated 27 cases against violators, which have resulted in a total of $8.8 million in civil penalties and $8.6 million in redress. If approved by the US Senate, this legislation will require the FTC to report to Congress within nine months on efforts to improve the effectiveness and accuracy of the Registry. Since legitimate survey and opinion research is outside the scope of the DNC registry, these bills would have no direct impact on the profession. Australia and Canada have enacted similar legislation and have likewise targeted telemarketing calls only, excluding survey and opinion research calls.

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