Rulings (10)
  • Hangcure Ltd t/a Hangcure

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 15 May 2024

    A TikTok ad for a hangover cure claimed that a food supplement could treat human disease.

  • Prettylittlething.com Ltd t/a Prettylittlething.com

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 15 May 2024

    A series of tweets misleadingly implied that a promotion included all product lines, failed to include the closing dates or times of the promotion and misleadingly implied that further discounts would not be available when the promotion ended.

  • Tonic Nutrition Ltd t/a Tonic Health

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site), Social media (own site)
    • 15 May 2024

    A website and Instagram reel made unauthorised nutrition and comparative nutrition claims, and discredited competitors' products. 

  • GKOnlineCo Pty Ltd t/a Pups Den, Official Aida Store

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 24 April 2024

    A paid-for social media ad made medicinal claims about an unlicenced product.

  • Erdem Clinic

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 03 January 2024

    Four posts on Millie Bracewell’s TikTok account were not obviously identifiable as ads, trivialised the decision to undergo cosmetic surgery and were directed at under-18s through the context they appeared in.

  • ACME Vape Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 22 November 2023

    Two TikTok posts on the IVG TikTok account promoted unlicensed, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes

  • Cloud City Vapez UK Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 22 November 2023

    A TikTok post on Harleigh Perez’s account promoted unlicensed, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes. 

  • Kollo Health Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 22 November 2023

    A paid-for Facebook ad for liquid collagen claimed it could reduce wrinkles and cause thicker hair, which could not be substantiated, and made specific health claims which had not been authorised on the GB Register.

  • Organic Burst World SA t/a Organic Burst

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 22 November 2023

    A paid-for Facebook ad claimed that food supplement spirulina could treat vitamin B12 deficiency and therefore reverse the growth of grey hair, which breached the rules on claiming a food supplement can treat clinical vitamin deficiencies and symptoms. 

  • Prettylittlething.com Ltd t/a Prettylittlething.com

    • Upheld
    • Email
    • 27 September 2023

    An email ad failed to administer a pricing promotion via a discount code fairly.

Informally resolved (4)
  • Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd t/a HelloFresh

    • 26 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements

  • Jahangir Group Ltd t/a ShopVistaa

    • 26 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Health conditions

  • Sophie Church t/a sophie__church

    • 26 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Claims, endorsements and testimonials

  • Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd t/a Virgin Atlantic

    • 12 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 1

    Topic: Holidays, travel and motoring