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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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Dutch Supreme Court rules mere disclosure of misleading statement an unlawful act

Written by Sophie den Held on 04 Jul 2019

Who: BPD Ontwikkeling B.V. (Bouwfonds) and Maderas Mejoradas Industrial S.A. (Prodema) Where: The Netherlands When: 29 March 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: Bouwfonds is a…
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“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

Written by Marleen Huisman on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Dutch Advertising Code Committee (the ACC), Stichting Foodwatch Nederland (Foodwatch) and HiPP GmbH & Co Vertrieb AG (HiPP) Where: The Netherlands When: 5 March 2019 Law stated as at:…
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Fix up, look sharp: fears of electoral foul play if laws aren’t reformed

Written by TK Spiff on 25 Mar 2019

Who: The Electoral Reform Society (ERS), The Electoral Commission (EC), The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Middlesex University, The Fair Vote Project, Full Fact, Doteveryone, The Centre for the Analysis of…
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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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Revolut Ad passed to FCA

Written by Verity Raeside on 25 Mar 2019

Who: Revolut Ltd (Revolut), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) Where: UK When: 8 February 2019 Law stated as at: 5 March 2019 What happened:…
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ING mobile app misleading?

Written by Kevin van 't Klooster on 25 Mar 2019

Who: ING Bank (ING), a complainant and the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (ACC) Where: The Netherlands When: 30 January 2019 Law stated as at: 28 February 2019 What happened: ING…
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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

Dutch Supreme Court rules mere disclosure of misleading statement an unlawful act

“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Revolut Ad passed to FCA

ING mobile app misleading?

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