04 Apr 2012
| by John Reynolds
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned American Apparel from running a series of ads...viewed in October last year, as well as an ad in a free lifestyle magazine called Crack.
The ASA ...
, an ad it ran featuring a semi-naked young woman was banned by the ASA.
In this case, the complainant ...
was upheld, it would be applying a rule of censorship that was completely out of date.
The ASA, in its ...
27 Jul 2011
| by Oliver Luft
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two L'Oréal cosmetics ads featuring Christy....
After investigating, the ASA upheld her complaints that the ads were misleading and banned them in their current form.
L'Or al admitted to the ASA that "post-production techniques" had been used ...
and glowing skin" and was an "aspirational picture".
The ASA said it noted the factors outlined by L'Or al ...
07 Jun 2011
| by Gemma Charles
to say 'no' to adult content and inappropriate products. The ASA, with a new look at what it is socially ...
06 Jun 2011
| by Gemma Charles
imagery near schools, nurseries and playgrounds - expected to fall within the ASA's remit
Giving ...
12 May 2011
| by Ed Owen
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) made a loss for the year, with incomes declining...The ASA receives its income from a levy placed on the ad industry, a 0.1% levy on broadcast ad ...
.
In September 2010, the ASA s remit extended from paid-for ads online, to ads placed by companies on their own ...
paid-for ads via search engines in the future.
An ASA spokesperson said: "As the levy goes down ...
06 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
University clothing brand Jack Wills has been forced by the ASA to pull a number of pages in its...(ASA), claiming the ads were not appropriate in a publication that could be viewed by teens ...
campaign for the 2009 spring catalogue containing alleged "gratuitous" nudity escaped a ban .
The ASA ...
and all models depicted in the ads were 18 years old or older. Jack Wills justified their ads to the ASA ...
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 ...
03 Nov 2010
| by Mark Banham
received complaints.
Those who complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) "found the images ...
, and "not sexual assault".
The ASA said "the ads were designed to promote a mainstream horror film ...
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 ...
15 Sep 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
similar to it in future.
The ASA told Antonio Federici that is was not to repeat the ads ...
, it was forced to pull an ad by the ASA, after it featured a priest and a nun looking as if they were about ...