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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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Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

Written by James Robertson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Information Commissioner’s Office, Telephone Preference Service and Smart Home Protection Ltd Where: United Kingdom When: 13 June 2019 Law stated as at: 21 June 2019 What happened: A small…
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CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 June 2019 Law stated as at: 14 June 2019 What happened: Back in…
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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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Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

Written by John Jackson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The ICO and information society service providers. Where: United Kingdom When: 15 April 2019 Law stated as at: 1 May 2019 What happened: The Information Commissioner, as required by…
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EDPB opines on the interplay between GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive

Written by Chloe Deng on 26 Apr 2019

Who: European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Where: European Union When: 12 March 2018 Law stated as at: 15 April 2019 What happened In response to a request from the Belgian…
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Freddo the Frog leaps but falls foul of ASA ruling

Written by TK Spiff on 26 Apr 2019

Who: Mondelez UK Limited t/a Cadbury (Cadbury), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 March 2019 Law stated as at: 8…
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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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Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

Written by Ben Dunham on 25 Mar 2019

Who: McDonald’s International Property Company Ltd (McDonald’s); Supermac’s (Holdings) Ltd (Supermac’s); Burger King. Where: UK/Ireland/EU When: 1 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: Burger King…
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Third party GDPR assurances are no defence: ICO issues fine for calling TPS registered lines

ASA asks advertisers how they measure up

CityFibre loses long battle against the ASA over ‘fibre’ claims

Somebody PLEASE think of the children: ICO launches consultation period of age appropriate design code

EDPB opines on the interplay between GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive

We’re all going on a fairer holiday

Taking the MAC: Burger King takes advantage of McDonalds’s trademark loss

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