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CMA investigates misleading online reviews

Written by Verity Raeside on 26 Jun 2020

Who: UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 22 May 2020 Law stated as at: 9 June 2020 What happened: The CMA has launched an investigation into…
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Digital Services Act consultation opens

Written by Emma Finlayson on 25 Jun 2020

Who: European Commission Where: European Union When: 2 June 2020 Law stated as at: 22 June 2020 What happened: The European Commission opened a consultation on its forthcoming Digital Services…
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Influencer Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella) warned by the ASA for cashing in on ASOS affiliate links

Written by Steven Doherty on 05 Jun 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), ASOS.com LTD t/a ASOS (ASOS) and Zoe Sugg Ltd (Zoe Sugg) Where: United Kingdom When: 22 April 2020 Law stated as at: 11 May…
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Lord Sugar’s tooth-whitening tweet found rotten by the ASA

Written by Lucy Price on 05 Jun 2020

Who: Lord Alan Sugar, Stylideas Ltd t/a Stylsmile and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 May 2020 Law stated as at: 11 May 2020 What happened:…
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Subscription boxes: ASA guidance on thinking outside the box

Written by Thomas Stables on 05 Jun 2020

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority Where: United Kingdom When: 23 April 2020 Law stated as at: 6 May 2020 What happened: The ASA has released new guidance on marketing subscription…
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Focus on Direct Marketing for the Belgian DPA

Written by Benjamin Docquir Louis Hoffreumon on 06 May 2020

Who: The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) Where: Belgium When: 17 January 2020 Law stated as at: 2 April 2020 What happened: The BDPA issued its first guidelines of the…
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Fundraising during the Covid-19 emergency: The Italian Competition Authority adopts interim measures against GoFundMe.com

Written by Gianluigi Marino on 06 May 2020

Who: The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) and GoFundMe Ireland Ltd (www.gofundme.com). Where: Italy. When: 22 March 2020. Law stated as at: 6 April 2020. What happened: On 22 March, the…
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France legislates to ensure that healthcare brands are required to disclose links with influencers

Written by Lucie Champetier Thomas Devred Claire Bouchenard on 06 May 2020

Who: Social media, Instagram, media, influencers, firms marketing health products, etc. Where: France When: 30 December 2019 Law stated as at: 26 February 2019 What happened: A new decree published…
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How clear is your influence?

Written by Charlotte Groom on 06 May 2020

Who: Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 February 2020 Law stated as at: 12 March 2020 What happened: CAP…
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The ICO offers both the cookie and the stick in latest adtech blog

Written by John Jackson on 06 May 2020

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Google, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). Where: UK When: 17 January 2020 Law stated as at: 5 March 2020 What happened: Simon McDougall, the…
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The ICO publishes its Age Appropriate Design Code

Written by Ben Dunham on 28 Feb 2020

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 January 2020 Law stated as at: 11 February 2020 What happened: The ICO has published the final version of…
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Pretty big things: two upheld ASA complaints in two months for PrettyLittleThing divide opinion

Written by Chloe Deng on 28 Feb 2020

Who: Prettylittlething.com Ltd (PLT) and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 8 January 2020 and 5 February 2020 Law stated as at: 10 February 2020 What happened:…
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Digital Services Act consultation opens

Lord Sugar’s tooth-whitening tweet found rotten by the ASA

Subscription boxes: ASA guidance on thinking outside the box

Fundraising during the Covid-19 emergency: The Italian Competition Authority adopts interim measures against GoFundMe.com

The ICO offers both the cookie and the stick in latest adtech blog

The ICO publishes its Age Appropriate Design Code

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