Following a wide review of online advertorials, estimating that online reviews potentially influenced £23bn of consumer spending a year, the CMA is now investigating selective publication of reviews and lack of transparency around those that are published. Ben Poole reports.
Following the scrapping of the “substantial damage or substantial distress” requirement for imposing fines of up to £500,000 for spamming, the ICO has found “no mitigating factors” and penalised Help Direct UK accordingly. Stephen Groom reports.
Jordan Speith proved a popular US Open winner, not least with gambling services advertisers. But the ace golfer’s age turned out to be a problem, as no less than three adverse ASA adjudications against different advertisers underline. Jude King reports.
Following a spot check of the data collection practices of High Street wi-fi services, the UK data regulator’s blog has recently advised the public to be wary of how much personal data the providers of such services collect. George Garrard reports.
Three years since the FTC last surveyed apps targeted at children, the US consumer protection body has checked back with 364 child-directed apps to see if there has been an improvement in data collection practices. Chloe Deng reports.
Artisan Home Improvements did loft conversions. The trouble was that the loft conversions on their website were Absolute Lofts’ handiwork. Absolute Lofts claimed damages. Sara McDiamond reports on how these were calculated and a bizarre coda to the case.
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.
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.
The ASA has investigated the company behind the London Comedy Club for the third time in three years. Why didn’t it see the funny side this time? Tom McGinn reports.
IGRG announces new industry code requirements for gambling ads. The Industry Group for Responsible Gambling has introduced new requirements for gambling ads in a 2nd edition of the Gambling Industry Code for Socially Responsible Advertising. Nick Johnson reports.
After months if not years of previously unsuccessful negotiations, the W3C initiative to forge an internationally accepted standard for “Do not track” technology seems to be back on track. Nick Johnson reports.
Following the sensational judgment of the Court of Appeal in Vidal-Hall & Others vs Google, the Supreme Court has granted Google leave to appeal three of the CA’s findings. Barney Sich reports.
