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Advertising Standards Authority Investigates Breathe Ad
News Following last week's decision to boot 500 customers from the breathe.net service, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received complaints from customers who were told they were "using the service too much".
[August 1, 2000, 10:08]
UK Advertising Authority Introduces Anti-spam Rules
News The new rules come from the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and are to be enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a self-regulatory body for the UK's marketing industry. The UK's advertising authority has taken new measures...
[March 5, 2003, 14:27]
ASA Cautions Orange Over 'unlimited' Claims
News Orange has been rapped on the knuckles yet again by the Advertising Standards Authority over its use of the word "unlimited". In an adjudication published on Wednesday, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that Orange had been wrong to...
[June 13, 2007, 12:46]
Be Rapped Over Broadband Speed Claims
News Be, the first ISP to launch the next generation of broadband services in the UK, has been hauled up by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading advertising. But in a verdict published on Wednesday, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA...
[January 25, 2007, 11:47]
Super-regulator Ofcom Merges Tasks
News Ofcom will take on the tasks of Oftel, the Independent Television Commission, the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Radio Authority and the Radio Communications Agency. By incorporating the Radio Authority, Ofcom will oversee the move in the...
[December 13, 2000, 15:51]
PC World Escapes Censure Over Core 2 Duo Claims
News The person who complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), whose name was not revealed, suggested that the claim "twice as fast" misleadingly implied that Core 2 Duo would always be twice as fast as a single-core processor.
[July 5, 2007, 17:58]
Apple Warned Over 'misleading' Power Mac Speed Claim
Talkback I believe it's a the Advertising Standards Authority rather than the Advertising Standards Agency.
[June 11, 2004, 18:03]
Freeserve Ads 'misleading', Says ASA
News UK ISP Freeserve has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to drop its current claims that customers can surf for " long as (they) like" after rival Internet service provider BTopenworld lodged a complaint.
[September 11, 2002, 10:34]
War Of Words Greets Microsoft's UK Anti-Linux Campaign
Talkback I agree, complain to the Advertising Standards Authority. They are supposed to act, even on a single compaint. Flood them with complaints. On a more personal note, I have been trying out Linux and will be making every effort to move over entirely.
[January 30, 2004, 15:51]
War Of Words Greets Microsoft's UK Anti-Linux Campaign
Talkback Complain to the Advertising Standards Authority about this, UK! We have no comparable outfit in the US, so an unscrupulous advertiser like Micro$haft can repeatedly get away with gross distortions of reality.
[January 29, 2004, 17:06]
Microsoft Ordered To Pull 'misleading' Security Ad
News South Africa's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered the software giant to withdraw what they termed an "unsubstantiated and misleading" print commercial last week following official complaints from freelance journalist Richard Clarke...
[March 24, 2003, 8:29]
Advertising Watchdog Reprimands Microsoft Over 'facts'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) thinks they should get the facts too -- but it's warned Microsoft to make sure its are straight first. The Authority asked Microsoft to amend its ads and suggested in future the software behemoth might want...
[August 25, 2004, 16:25]
Watchdog Bites Bulldog
News Bulldog has been upbraided by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a "misleading" advert, which claimed customers could buy "up to 8 meg broadband for only £15.50 per month". Competitor NTL complained that the Bulldog ad was misleading...
[September 20, 2006, 13:20]
Carphone Warehouse Unbowed By 'free Broadband' Ruling
News Carphone Warehouse will be allowed to continue to advertise its broadband service as "free", despite a ruling against its advertisements by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Last week, the firm's chief executive, Charles Dunstone, wrote on...
[July 19, 2006, 12:30]
Carphone Warehouse 'cleared' Over Free Broadband Claim
News Carphone Warehouse will be cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over its promotion of "free" broadband, the company's chief executive claimed on his blog on Thursday. According to Charles Dunstone's blog, Carphone Warehouse is...
[July 14, 2006, 12:45]
ASA Rules Against Internet Directory
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Wednesday criticised GC Logic Ltd, a London-based company, for sending a mailing that misleadingly implied that companies owed money for having their details listed on the Internet.
[September 9, 2004, 17:20]
BT Flight Offer Complaints Upheld By Watchdog
News BT suffered a stinging rebuke from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Wednesday for the poor running of its free flights promotion for new broadband customers. The Authority.was concerned that some complainants had been unable to take...
[January 13, 2005, 7:55]
Advertising Body Slaps Ntl
News Free ISP ntl is to be investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following nearly 50 complaints about adverts for its free service, ntlworld. All national TV and print advertising has been removed because we are wary of creating more...
[June 30, 2000, 11:22]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback The Advertising Standards Authority Trading Standards: Tel: 0161 234 1555 Contact numbers for Rise Travel: Tel: 0161 877 113 & 0161 927 3200 Fax: 0161 233 0220 To register a complaint: Tel: 020 7580 5555 Fax: 020 7631 3051 www.asa.org.uk
[September 4, 2004, 4:14]
Dell Gets Knuckles Rapped Over TV Advert
News A TV ad for Dell Computer has been found to be misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). On this point the ad breached CAP (Broadcast) TV Advertising Standards Code rules 5.1 (Misleading advertising), 5.2.1 (Evidence), 5.2.3...
[August 4, 2006, 10:55]
