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Marketinglaw Update | May 2021
This month’s articles include coverage on: the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)’s jurisdictional remit, the ASA’s Annual Report, influencers in trouble (as always), the CMA’s study on the harm caused by algorithms, the ASA’s latest study on protecting children online, and the Information Commissioner’s Office resuming its investigation into the adtech industry.
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ASA issues a warning to influencers
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 18 March 2021 Law stated as at: 29 April 2021 What happened: In September 2020, the ASA monitored the social…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Price promotions: if it isn’t true, the ASA will rule against you!
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA); DSG Retail t/a Currys PC World (Currys); I Saw It First (ISIF); and In The Style (ITS) Where: United Kingdom When: Currys PC World-…
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- Advertising Regulation
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The ICO: It’s time to take another look at real time bidding
Who: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 22 January 2021 Law stated as at: 30 March 2021 What happened: Having paused work in May 2020, earlier this year…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Spam text messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic: the ICO dishes out £330,000 worth of fines.
Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: March 2021 Law stated as at: 25 March 2021 What happened: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two companies…
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- Marketing Techniques
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Won’t somebody please think of the children (Part 3)!?
Who: The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 11 February 2021 Law stated as at: 29 March 2021 What happened: The ASA has published its third report in…
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- Advertising Regulation
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The CMA’s scrutiny of algorithms: just how harmful are they to consumers and competition?
Who: The Data, Technology and Analytics (DaTA) unit of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and any market participant deploying algorithms. Where: United Kingdom When: 19 January 2021 Law stated…
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- Advertising Regulation
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ASA Annual Report 2020: Protecting young and vulnerable people
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 29 April 2021 Law stated as at: 29 April 2021 What happened: The ASA has released its 2020 Annual Report.…
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- Advertising Regulation
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The ASA updates its jurisdiction
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 29 April 2021 Law stated as at: 29 April 2021 What happened: Following the ASA’s consultation regarding the scope of…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Final draw for Molly-Mae
Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Molly-Mae Hague t/a mollymaehague (MMH) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 March 2021 Law stated as at: 4 March 2021 What happened: To celebrate…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Advertising e-cigarettes: how to describe and present products on the internet?
Who: French national anti-smoking committee (CNCT) and British American Tobacco France (BAT) Where: France When: 12 February 2021 Law stated as at: 12 February 2021 What happened: The CNCT filed…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Kronenbourg cannot attribute exceptional powers to its Grimbergen beer
Who: National Association for Prevention in Alcoholism and Addictology (ANPAA) and Kronenbourg SAS Where: France When: The summons was issued on 24 October 2018 and the judgment was rendered on…
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- Advertising Regulation
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Commercial prospecting: public sanction of 7,500 euros against a small company
Who: Performeclic and the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)’s restricted committee Where: France When: 7 December 2020 What happened: Performeclic is a very small company employing two employees and whose…
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- Advertising Regulation
