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Quorn and Carbon

Written by Jamilia Sooh on 21 Oct 2020

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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A Bad Influence – when influencer promotions go wrong

Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Oct 2020

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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CAP & BCAP consulting on new rules for ‘cosmetic interventions’

Written by Katrina Anderson on 21 Oct 2020

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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Won’t somebody please think of the children!?

Written by TK Spiff on 21 Oct 2020

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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Here’s looking at you, kid: CAP reflects on children’s recognition of online advertising

Written by Charlotte Groom on 21 Oct 2020

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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ICO Issues Fine to Pension Cold Caller

Written by Oliver Dawson on 21 Oct 2020

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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Lockdown Advertising Trends

Written by Verity Raeside on 21 Oct 2020

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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Online platforms – will a new regulator be able to increase competition

Written by Jennifer Tur on 21 Oct 2020

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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“Are you guys serious?” – the BDPA sanctions nonchalant data controller

Written by Louis Hoffreumon on 27 Jul 2020

Who: the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA), anonymised plaintiff, anonymised defendant Where: Belgium When: 16 June 2020 Law stated as at: 1 July 2020 What happened: By a decision issued…
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Place your bets on the future of gambling advertising legislation!

Written by Louis Hoffreumon on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Belgian Council of State (BCS), Rocoluc/Fremoluc (claimants), the Belgian State (defendant), Derby (intervening party) Where: Belgium When: 6 February 2020 Law stated as at: 1 July 2020 What…
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Striking the right pose: body image issues in ads

Written by Rebecca Chui on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 26 June 2020 Law stated as at: 2 July 2020 What happened: The ASA recently released a reminder for advertisers…
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The ASA want political parties’ advertising campaigns to tell the truth. If they don’t want to regulate, who will?

Written by Steven Doherty on 27 Jul 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the UK’s political parties Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2020 Law stated as at: 3 July 2020 What happened: For nearly 60…
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Quorn and Carbon

Won’t somebody please think of the children!?

ICO Issues Fine to Pension Cold Caller

Lockdown Advertising Trends

“Are you guys serious?” – the BDPA sanctions nonchalant data controller

The ASA want political parties’ advertising campaigns to tell the truth. If they don’t want to regulate, who will?

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