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ICO fines “Better for the country” Brexit body £50,000
Written Osborne Clarke on 14 Jun 2016
“Leave.eu” sent 500,000 spam texts to UK mobile users urging a referendum “Leave” vote. ICO said the recipients gave no prior consent and imposed a substantial fine. The organisation says it will appeal. Jude King reports.
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Former London mayoral candidate fined
Written Osborne Clarke on 14 Apr 2016
Not for the first time, a campaigning politician has demonstrated worrying ignorance of basic rules governing telephone marketing and literally paid the price. Stephen Groom reports on a £5,000 fine imposed on David Lammy MP.
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ICO acts against Better Together 2012
Written by Daisy Jones on 11 Dec 2013
Who: Better Together 2012 Limited and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: UK When: 22 November 2013 Law stated as at: 29 November 2013 What happened: Better Together, who are…
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Radio station seeks judicial review of “political ad” ban
Written Osborne Clarke on 04 May 2012
The Radio Advertising Clearance Centre banned an ad on “Premier Christian Radio” for a survey looking into marginalisation of Christians in the workplace and designed to “help make a fairer…
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Human rights challenge to political ads ban
Written Osborne Clarke on 06 Mar 2007
Animal Defenders International was refused permission to advertise on TV its campaign against the use of primates for public entertainment. ADI saw no justification for this when in print they…
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Electoral Commission verdict on political ad code
Written Osborne Clarke on 23 Jul 2004
As predicted by marketinglaw, the Electoral Commission has come out firmly against any code regulation of party political advertising in the UK. We report and analyse the sometimes shaky reasoning.…
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New political ads code?
Written Osborne Clarke on 22 Dec 2003
It’s three years since the CAP code stopped regulating party political ads. The Electoral Commission is pondering whether to fill the void with a special political advertising code. Topic: Political…
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