Point One Marketing has been fined for brazenly making illegal calls to sell devices that blocked…..illegal calls, with a record penalty imposed on Home Energy & Lifestyle Management for automated calls “on an industrial scale.” Barney Sich reports.
In three recent ASA adjudications, against Timeshare Solutions, Hospital Medical Group and Essex Pamper Parties, customer testimonials were the subject of complaint upheld findings. Thomas Spanyol reports with a reminder of the rules that apply.
Does a Slovak-registered business running a property-dealing website targeted at Hungarians hosted on a server in Austria have to comply with Slovak or Hungarian data protection law? Stephen Groom reports on the CJEU’s decision in Weltimmo vs NAIH.
Outdoor advertising multinational JCDecaux sought authorisation for a wi-fi based system for connecting with smartphones of pedestrians walking near posters. Did the CNIL grant their request? Claire Bouchenard of Osborne Clarke Paris reports.
A California-based online entertainment network has agreed to settle FTC charges that it engaged in deceptive advertising in You Tube videos endorsing an online game system. Would the same conduct here have also irked our regulators? Jamie Heatly reports.
An e-mail headline said “Everything under the sun. It’s all 40% off…excluding sale items.” Small print below said” Offer applies to select products as indicated [in store]” Surely this was not misleading? Stephen Groom and Anna Kehely report on the ASA’s finding.
A sales promotion shelf label said “Normal price £139.99 today £118.99” .A complaint suggested the higher price had only applied for a few days before the promotion, with £111.99 the price for some weeks beforehand. Fiona Schneider reports.
As of 1 July 2015, all those wanting to sell medicines on the web from the UK have had to register with the UK MHRA. An EU common logo must also be displayed. Georgina Graham reports.
Northern Ireland radio station U105 regularly runs a “Winning Weekend” competition. A Saturday competition winner also won the next day, but was told multiple winners were not allowed. Chloe Deng reports on the ensuing Ofcom investigation.
