4th July 2019 | marketinglaw

ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2018: More Impact Online!

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 May 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: On 20…
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CMA continues to tackle fake online reviews

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The CMA recently announced that it has…
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Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading

Written by Emma Finlayson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Wickes Building Supplies Ltd (Wickes) Where: United Kingdom When: 5 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The Advertising…
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Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

Written by James Robertson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office, Telephone Preference Service and Smart Home Protection Ltd Where: United Kingdom When: 13 June 2019 Law stated as at: 21 June 2019 What happened: A small…
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CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 June 2019 Law stated as at: 14 June 2019 What happened: Back in…
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ASA asks advertisers how they measure up

Written by Matthew White on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 09 June 2019 Law stated as at: 21 June 2019 What happened: The ASA has issued an online advice note reminding…
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CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: CityFibre Ltd, The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 15 April 2019 Law stated as at: 29 April 2019 What happened: Digital infrastructure provider CityFibre has lost…
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New proposals to “Blacklist” certain advertising practices and impose an obligation on review websites to conduct reasonable checks that reviewers used and paid for products

Written by Katrina Anderson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: European Union Where: EU When: The new law is expected to come into force in early 2022 Law stated as at: 3 May 2019 What happened: The EU is…
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Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

Written by John Jackson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The ICO and information society service providers. Where: United Kingdom When: 15 April 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: The Information Commissioner, as required by…
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Bounty (data) hunters

Written by Emma Finlayson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Bounty (UK) Limited (Bounty) Where: United Kingdom When: 12 April 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: Bounty, a pregnancy…
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Advocate General opinion in Planet49 indicates that cookie consent must be active and separate in an online lottery

Written by Daisy Jones on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Advocate General Szpunar (the AG), Planet49 GmbH (Planet49) Where: EU When: 21 March 2019 Law stated as at: 30 April 2019 What happened: This German case, which was referred…
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Dutch Supreme Court rules mere disclosure of misleading statement an unlawful act

Written by Sophie den Held on 04 Jul 2019

Who: BPD Ontwikkeling B.V. (Bouwfonds) and Maderas Mejoradas Industrial S.A. (Prodema) Where: The Netherlands When: 29 March 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: Bouwfonds is a…
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All Articles from 4th July 2019

Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading

Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

ASA asks advertisers how they measure up

CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims

Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

Bounty (data) hunters

Advocate General opinion in Planet49 indicates that cookie consent must be active and separate in an online lottery

Dutch Supreme Court rules mere disclosure of misleading statement an unlawful act

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