US Copyright infringement is no joke on Twitter Twitter has taken action in the US to remove tweets which copied someone else’s joke in the US. Abby Minns reports on the basis for this action and Twitter’s procedures.
The Money Shop’s measures to ensure the protection of personal data left a lot to be desired. How did the ICO react? Daisy Jones reports.
The ASA has investigated the company behind the London Comedy Club for the third time in three years. Why didn’t it see the funny side this time? Tom McGinn reports.
The BBC used The Sound Of Music as the basis for their Great British Bake Off television trailer. But did they take the biscuit? Varuni Paranavitane reports.
The IOC has implemented changes which now allow brands already using athletes in their marketing to continue to do so in the run up to Rio 2016. Chloe Deng reports.
The Chancery Division of the High Court has judged on whether a refusal to comply with a series of subject access requests under the Data Protection Act was lawful. Barney Sich considers the judgment.
Decorative supplier Saint Gobain (t/a IDS) used its standard terms which limited its liability when contracting with Hillmead. When the relationship turned sour, the High Court looked at whether the exclusions were reasonable. Georgina Graham reports.
IGRG announces new industry code requirements for gambling ads. The Industry Group for Responsible Gambling has introduced new requirements for gambling ads in a 2nd edition of the Gambling Industry Code for Socially Responsible Advertising. Nick Johnson reports.
With vloggers and brands increasingly teaming up, and following recent high-profile ASA adjudications for a lack of transparency, CAP has issued recommendations for when vlogs need to be labelled as ads. Ben Dunham takes a look.
In its first reasoned decision on the point, the First-tier Tribunal has upheld an ICO enforcement notice against unsolicited texts using “consented data” from sources including Thomas Cook, to market the sender’s laser eye surgery. Stephen Groom reports.
29 National Regulators participated in a sweep intended to identify whether, how easily, and with what purpose, personal information has been collected by websites and apps from children. Georgina Taylor and Stephen Groom report.
