Rulings (9)
  • Next Retail Ltd t/a NEXT

    • Upheld
    • 12 February 2025

    A product listing for Dark Blue Power Stretch Denim Leggings on the NEXT website, seen on 19 September 2024. The ad featured a model wearing the leggings, sat on a wooden block. The model’s legs were extended closer to the camera.

  • ACME Vape Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • Social media (own site), Cinema (ad)
    • 04 December 2024

    A cinema ad and post seen on IVG Vape’s LinkedIn page made unsubstantiated health claims and promoted unlicensed nicotine-containing vapes in unpermitted media but wasn’t directed at people under 18 through the selection of media in which it appeared.

  • Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 27 November 2024

    A website promotion misleadingly described a promotional item as “free”, did not make clear promotional items would have to be purchased upfront before being redeemed via a cashback mechanism and omitted significant conditions.

  • Great Grass MCR Ltd t/a Great Grass

    • Upheld
    • Poster
    • 13 November 2024

    A poster was socially irresponsible and caused serious or widespread offence by featuring a harmful gender stereotype and objectifying women.  

  • FL19 CIC t/a Frontline 19

    • Not upheld
    • Cinema
    • 17 July 2024

    A cinema ad for a non-profit support service wasn't irresponsible and did not cause unjustifiable distress.

  • Spectrum Awakening

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 03 July 2024

    A paid-for Facebook ad made claims that a supplement could help to prevent, treat or cure developmental language disorder, autism and ADHD.

  • Alzheimer's Society

    • Not Upheld
    • Television, Radio
    • 05 June 2024

    Three TV ads and a radio ad for a charity were not irresponsible, did not cause serious or widespread offence, and did not cause unjustifiable distress.

  • iVape London Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Email
    • 05 June 2024

    An email broke the rules by directly promoting to consumers unlicensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and their components.

  • Sparks Information PTE Ltd t/a Hunting Sniper

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 03 April 2024

    A paid-for Facebook ad for Hunting Sniper, a mobile app game, featured realistic footage of harm to animals, which was likely to cause widespread offence and unjustified distress.

Informally resolved (1)
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements