31 Mar 2010
| by Joe Thomas
degradation was eliminated in all circumstances with digital radio. However, the ASA judged that the ad gave ...
20 Jan 2010
| by Arif Durrani
Authority (ASA) for reinforcing a "negative and outdated" stereotype that Germans are "more likely...were tyrants. The complaints were upheld by the ASA, who ruled it had breached codes of good taste and decency. An ASA statement read: "We noted the ad used a German speaker, rather than someone speaking ...
underground posters, which were reported to the ASA but not banned. German brands have often used ...
22 Sep 2010
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The role was last occupied by Guy Parker, who became chief executive of the ASA at the end of June ...
to deal with the extension of the ASA's online remit to policing brands' own websites in March 2011 ...
of legally trained caseworkers investigating public complaints against solicitors.
The ASA has also hired ...
11 Aug 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
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The ASA found the ad to be offensive and therefore said it should not repeated. It did not however, find ...
02 Aug 2010
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The change, which takes effect on 1 September, means the ASA will take over the territory from Ofcom.
Currently, the ASA is only able to consider complaints that fall under the self-regulatory CAP ...
to an appendix of the CAP code.
The ASA stressed this would have little or no impact in terms of the code ...
26 Mar 2010
The ASA's remit is to be extended online, but is it too much for one authority, John Tylee asks....a piece of editorial,
what sanctions can be applied to online abusers and how is the ASA's new
role ...
it would provide seed capital to bankroll the ASA's
extended responsibilities for the first few years. On the face of it, the ASA looks like a sheriff vainly trying to keep
order in a lawless frontier town ...
03 Mar 2010
| by Alex Brownsell
LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an easyJet ad that accused its rival...= Barcelona, Paris = Paris, Milan = Milan, Venice = Venice'. Ryanair complained to the ASA that Beauvais ...
as 'Girona (Barcelona)', rather than 'Barcelona (Girona)'. The ASA upheld the complaint on the grounds ...
your destination." It is a rare meeting of minds between Ryanair and the ASA, which in April 2008 ...
03 Feb 2010
| by Joe Thomas
child abuse case has been banned by the ASA....jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years for raping a different child. The ASA upheld a single ...
to residents of that area. The ASA overruled PETA's argument that people who abuse animals when ...
cats had been poisoned. It had hoped to use the ad across the UK. However, the ASA ruled ...
06 Oct 2010
| by Mark Banham
Hipp Organic baby milk has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regulations...milk.
The ASA also challenged whether the claim "essential Omega 3 fatty acids ... for healthy brain ...
to their formulas.
The ASA told Hipp not to use claims in future that referred to children's development ...
13 Jan 2010
| by Alex Brownsell
LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dismissed complaints against a Flora TV...on heart health. Both complaints were dismissed by the ASA. With the first complaint, the ASA cited ...
(ALA) and omega 6 (LA) and the reduction of blood cholesterol levels". The ASA also dismissed ...