22 Jul 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
and that the offer only applied to selected lines. The ASA noted the toys featured in the ad were half price during ...
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Authority (ASA) for reinforcing a "negative and outdated" stereotype that Germans are "more likely...were tyrants.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 ...
02 Apr 2008
| by Colin Marrs
The ASA has rebuked a company which implied that its horse-riding simulator could help women...The national press ad for the iJoyRide machine said females who ride horses usually have toned legs, a shapely bottom , flat stomach, better circulation and reduced cellulite. The authority found against mail order firm Emery on six separate counts, after complaints about the ad. The ASA found ...
16 Jan 2008
| by Jacquie Bowser
, has been banned by the ASA for encouraging and condoning violence....as encouraging and condoning violence. The ASA said the violence and the almost continuous shooting, although ...
29 Feb 2012
| by Ed Owen
ads has been slapped by the ASA for using a slogan it considers "offensive and unsuitable for general...run for "some time" without complaint.
The ASA said: "[the ad] could be interpreted as a derivative ...
to use FCUK.
The brand had been censured at least six times by the ASA for featuring the slogan in ads ...
15 Nov 2006
its own filters, after the ASA upheld a complaint by rival Dyson.
26 Oct 2007
to gamble. Separately, the ASA has banned a Dettol Surface Cleaner TV ad which
claimed: "Your chopping-board harbours 50 times more bacteria than your
toilet seat." After three viewers complained, the ASA said ...
-boards" and ruled it should not be broadcast again. The ASA also upheld complaints against a Sky press ad ...
11 Feb 2009
| by Caroline Lovell
after 'Play' had been pressed. The ASA ruled that the ad breached CAP (Broadcast) TV Advertising ...
, the ASA also banned a regional press ad for Spreadex s financial betting site, shortsandlongs.com, after a ...
. The ASA did not uphold the trader complaint but agreed that the body language of the three figures linked ...
22 Sep 2010
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
your reaction times and help you avoid accidents", the ASA defended it.
The watchdog noted the ad ...
options and took a route that avoided hitting a deer.
GlaxoSmithKline pointed out that the ASA had ...
14 Jan 2009
| by Hadassah Nymark
before 9pm. The ASA noted the swift response from Channel 4 and advised that the ad must not be aired ...