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Marketinglaw Update | October 2019
This month’s coverage includes: a sweep through changes to gambling ads during football matches; EE’s ICO fine for a service message held to be a marketing message; and influencer guidelines in France.
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- Advertising Regulation

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Quorn and Carbon
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Marlow Foods Ltd t/a Quorn Foods (Quorn) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 September 2020 Law stated as at: 07 October 2020 What happened:…
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- Advertising Regulation
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A Bad Influence – when influencer promotions go wrong
Who: Molly-Mae Hague and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 September 2020 Law stated as at: 29 September 2020 What happened: Molly-Mae Hague (former Love Island…
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- Online Advertising
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CAP & BCAP consulting on new rules for ‘cosmetic interventions’
Who: CAP and BCAP Where: United Kingdom When: 10 September 2020 Law stated as at: 5 October 2020 What happened: CAP and BCAP have jointly launched a consultation on introducing…
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- Online Advertising
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Won’t somebody please think of the children!?
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 August 2020 Law stated as at: 1 October 2020 What happened: As part of its ongoing monitoring, in August…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Here’s looking at you, kid: CAP reflects on children’s recognition of online advertising
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 July 2020 Law stated as at: 30 September 2020 What happened: CAP…
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- Online Advertising
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ICO Issues Fine to Pension Cold Caller
Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and CPS Advisory Limited (CPS) Where: United Kingdom When: 10 September 2020 Law stated as at: 25 September 2020 What happened: The ICO has…
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- Data & Privacy
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New rules on advertising on ‘media platforms’ and video-sharing platform services in Germany
Who: German federal states Where: Germany When: 20 July 2020 Law states as at: Autumn 2020 The New State Treaty on Media (also known as the Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV) or Interstate…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Government launches consultation on plans to bring the promotion of certain cryptoassets within the scope of financial promotions regulation
Who: HM Treasury Where: United Kingdom When: 20 July 2020 Law stated as at: 6 August 2020 What happened: On 20 July, HM Treasury launched a consultation on proposals to…
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- Online Advertising
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Everyone loves privacy – not just celebrities
Who: : The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 17 July 2020 Law stated as at: 20 August 2020 What happened: The ASA has published a guide on…
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- Advertising Regulation
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SPARTOO : first sanction of €250 000 and injunction to comply with GDPR by the CNIL as lead supervisory authority
Who: Spartoo and the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)’s restricted committee Where: France When: 28 July 2020 What happened: Spartoo is a company specialising in shoe e-commerce. Its website is…
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- Data & Privacy
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Lockdown Advertising Trends
Who: The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: UK When: 14 July 2020 Law stated as at: 3 August 2020 What happened: The ASA has released a report tracking the complaint…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Online platforms – will a new regulator be able to increase competition
Who: Competition Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 1 July 2020 Law stated as at: 31 July 2020 What happened: The CMA published its final report on 1 July…
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- Online Advertising