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Recognition mission: children and online ads

Written by Charlotte Groom on 10 Dec 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 24 October 2019 Law stated as at: 1 December 2019 What happened: On 24…
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Don’t be sleigh-ed this year by non-compliant promotions

Written by Rebecca Chui on 10 Dec 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Parsley Box Ltd, Virgin Wine Online Ltd Where: United Kingdom When: Various Law stated as at: 14 November 2019 What happened: During the run-up…
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Sunday Riley escapes fines for posting fake reviews

Written by Chloe Deng on 10 Dec 2019

Who: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Sunday Riley Skincare LLC Where: United States When: 22 October 2019 Law stated as at: 1 November 2019 What happened: The FTC discovered that…
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£100,000 fine for sending “marketing” text messages when consent has been withdrawn

Written by Chloe Deng on 25 Oct 2019

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and EE Limited (EE) Where: UK When: June 2019 Law stated as at: 7 October 2019 What happened: EE sends text messages to its existing…
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Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 1 August 2019 What happened: Advertisers and brands will now have to seek…
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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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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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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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Invicta’s fails to deliver on its promises

Written by Barry Breedijk on 25 Mar 2019

Who: Invicta Watch Europe (Invicta) and Bol.com (Bol) and the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (ACC). Where: The Netherlands When: 31 January 2019 Law stated as at: 28 February 2019 What…
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Europe | ePrivacy Regulation update

Written by Nick Johnson on 27 Nov 2018

e-Privacy Regulation regains momentum. Nick reports on the changes in the latest draft, including updates to cookies and soft opt-in.
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Substantial reforms to consumer law coming soon

Written by Katrina Anderson John Davidson-Kelly on 10 Apr 2018

Who: The European Union (EU) Where: EU When: 27 March 2018 Law stated as at: 4 April 2018 What happened: April is set to be a big month for consumer…
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Don’t be sleigh-ed this year by non-compliant promotions

Sunday Riley escapes fines for posting fake reviews

Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Invicta’s fails to deliver on its promises

Europe | ePrivacy Regulation update

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