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Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

Written by Katrina Anderson on 10 Jul 2019

Who: The European Commission, Guess? Inc., Guess? Europe and Guess Europe Sagl (Guess) Where: EU When: 26 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The growing…
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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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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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TfL trims the fat with revised advertising policy

Written by John Jackson on 26 Apr 2019

Who: Transport for London (TfL ) and Farmdrop Limited (Farmdrop) Where: United Kingdom When: March 2019 Law stated as at: 29 March 2019 What happened Farmdrop, an online farm-to-table food…
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Surprising proposals for a watershed ban for HFSS foods

Written by Katrina Anderson on 26 Apr 2019

Who: UK Department of Health Where: United Kingdom When: 18 March 2018 Law stated as at: 29 March 2019 What happened Last summer, the UK government published its Childhood Obesity…
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Freddo the Frog leaps but falls foul of ASA ruling

Written by TK Spiff on 26 Apr 2019

Who: Mondelez UK Limited t/a Cadbury (Cadbury), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 March 2019 Law stated as at: 8…
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We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Written by James Salisbury on 25 Mar 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: On 26 February 2019, the CMA issued…
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Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

Wickes in hot water after kitchen sale deemed misleading

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

TfL trims the fat with revised advertising policy

Surprising proposals for a watershed ban for HFSS foods

We’re all going on a fairer holiday

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