11 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
The ASA was concerned that the ad used the idea of addiction to encourage people to sign up ...
without approval, and it was not even aware of the ad until the ASA sent the company an official complaint ...
removed from the site.
The ASA concluded: "We considered that in doing so, the ad trivialised gambling ...
27 Apr 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The ASA has banned two Ryanair press ads, one of which used an image of a woman in a bikini on a...that there were no flights available for 8 to destinations that would be warm in February or March.
The ASA ...
of the destinations, and between 0 C and 4 C for the coldest destination.
The ASA said the average consumer would ...
/charges" but the complainant pointed out a non-optional online check-in fee of 6 was always included.
The ASA said because ...
27 Apr 2011
| by Gemma Charles
The ASA upheld one complaint made about a lice repelling device sold by educational holistic ...
be substantiated.
In response to the ASA investigation, the charity submitted correspondence from the Medicines ...
in which the device was marketed.
However, the ASA noted that the correspondence did not refer to any ...
06 Apr 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
According to the Advertising Standards Authority, the complaints all came from people who had watched a TV news report on conditions at the brand's farms, although the ASA was unable to clarify where ...
tasty."
The ASA acknowledged viewers' concerns that the news report contradicted the impression ...
05 Apr 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Taffe will oversee a team of seven people responsible for promoting advertising self-regulation.
Erkal-Paler has taken a job at the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Taffe joined the ASA in 2004 ...
.
Guy Parker, chief executive of the ASA, said: "Lynsay's knowledge of the ASA and our stakeholders ...
25 Mar 2011
| by Sara Kimberley
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched its first consumer ad campaign in five years...directed the cinema and TV ads.
The ads also inform the consumers that the ASA's remit now covers marketing communications on companies' own websites.
In January, the ASA launched a business ...
-Paler, director of communications, policy and marketing ASA, said: "We want the public to know that the ASA ...
23 Mar 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
with a bang!".
The complainants contacted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to challenge ...
by children.
The Officers Club told the ASA the images were chosen to attract the attention of its core ...
.
However, the ASA sided with the complainants and ruled the ad breached the CAP code on social ...
22 Mar 2011
| by Arif Durrani
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has appointed four new members, including the IPA...The ASA has today (22 March) announced that Pringle, the director general of the Institute ...
in the number of ASA Council members from 15 to 13. Each council will continue to contain 12 members ...
March, the ASA extended its remit to cover marketing claims made on company websites , and in other non ...
17 Mar 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
non-paid for marketing is an example of the "Big Society" in action, according to ASA chief executive...On 1 March the ASA expanded its remit to include non paid for online marketing communications ...
for the advertisers' association ISBA today Parker said the argument to extend the ASA's remit online was a ...
campaign and we are hugely indebted to OMD, AMV and those media owners who offered space."
The ASA ...
04 Mar 2011
Express Newspapers has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for two campaigns it ran last year, after complaints that the items on offer were out of stock.
