The ink is almost dry on the long-awaited General Data Protection Regulation. What are the likely key impacts for UK marketers and adtech service providers? Catch Nick Johnson and Stephen Groom’s slides from a recent breakfast briefing here.
Stopping unjustified treatment of customers based on residence or nationality in terms of access and price is amongst key targets of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy. Daisy Jones reports on the UK government’s response to the Commission’s geo-blocking consultation.
Following concerns as to whether advantage was being taken of vulnerable consumers, the two leading UK insurance industry bodies have published a new Code of Practice on the treatment of vulnerable consumers on policy renewal. Chloe Dumoulin-Richet reports.
Far from being just about privacy notices, the revised code of practice encourages taking a “blended approach” and using privacy-enhancing technologies to communicate privacy information. The code is developed with “compliance with the GDPR in mind”. Georgina Graham reports.
Research commissioned by Ofcom and the ASA into consumer understanding of broadband price advertising has some interesting findings, whilst Ofcom has published a “Voluntary Business Broadband Speeds Code of Practice.” Ben Dunham reports.
In the latest round of the regulatory onslaught against nuisance marketing and silent/abandoned calls, the DCMS is consulting on a change to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 making “CLI” compulsory. Jamie Heatly reports.
Online travel agent Opodo quoted prices for flights that included a pre-applied discount which was only available using pre-pay Visa card Entropay. Was this misleading? Jude King reports.
Cloud storage is used by growing numbers of UK consumers to store photographs, music and documents. Following complaints, the Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into whether service providers are in breach of consumer laws. Ben Dunham investigates.
“14 Laundry Fails we’ve all experienced” was the headline, then appeared “Brand Publisher” and a Dylon logo, but the style was of a BuzzFeed editorial. Was the ad obviously identifiable as such? Stephen Groom reports on the ASA decision.
“Heathrow to Central London in 15 minutes, every 15 minutes” said the Heathrow Express website. The advertiser said this was their “core message.” But was it misleading? Chloe Deng reports on the ASA finding after a complaint was received.
Mexicans love sugary soda drinks. One soda, Sidral Mundet, contains 60 grams of sugar per 600 gram bottle, but it was the apple content that came to the fore in complaints over Coca Cola’s ads for it. Chloe Dumoulin-Richet reports.
