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Spectrum Awakening
A paid-for Facebook ad for Spectrum Awakening, a food supplement supplier, seen in March 2024 featured text that stated, "My 5 yr old son Scout is diagnosed with receptive expressive language disorder and sensory disorder. Until I found Spectrum Awakening he could barely put a sentence together with very limited s...
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Apollo Future Technology Ltd
A website for Apollo Vapes UK, www.apolloecigs.co.uk, an electronic cigarette brand, seen on 17 January 2024, featured a page titled “Affiliate Program” that stated, “1.Online Affiliates If you have a website (or other online marketing channels) that can help promote Apollo products and send traffic to our website, you...
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Magflo Ltd t/a JAC Vapour
A website for JAC Vapour, www.jacvapour.com, an e-cigarette retailer seen on 18 January 2024, featured a page titled “JAC Ambassador” that included text that stated “Tips for sharing. Here are some tips on how you can share and promote your JAC link/code: Get Social: Why not share on your social media accounts? Try and...
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Pixus Online Ltd t/a Juicemate
A website for Juicemate, www.juicemate.co.uk, an electronic cigarette brand seen on 17 January 2024 featured a page titled “Vape Affiliate Program”. Text under the heading stated, “Click here to join our affiliate program!” with linked text. Further text below stated, “[…] Earn a healthy, rewarding commission for every...
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Alzheimer's Society
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.
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iVape London Ltd
An email broke the rules by directly promoting to consumers unlicensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and their components.
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Avensure Ltd t/a Employment Law Advice Bureau
A direct mailing to a business was not obviously identifiable as an ad.
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Independent British Vape Trade Association t/a IBVTA
A newspaper advertorial indirectly promoted unlicenced e-cigarettes.
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Sparks Information PTE Ltd t/a Hunting Sniper
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.
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Top Games Inc
A paid-for X ad for the game Evony: The King’s Return featured gameplay that was not representative of the actual game.
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Electronic Arts Ltd t/a EA
Two paid-for Facebook ads for Golf Clash, a mobile app game, omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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Hing Fo International Ltd t/a ALFABAR
A poster for an electronic cigarettes brand was irresponsible for being likely to appeal particularly to under-18s, but was not inappropriately targeted.
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Jagex Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for online game RuneScape omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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Miniclip (UK) Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for an online game omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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Worldwide Trademarks sro t/a Worldwide Trademarks
A direct mailing was not obviously identifiable as an ad, and misleadingly had the appearance of an invoice.
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Lenovo Technology (UK) Ltd
An email contained the misleading claim “Get 10% off any product”.
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Strafe Esports Ltd t/a LevelTap
A paid-for ad on Facebook linked alcohol with an activity where drinking would be unsafe or unwise, and was irresponsible.
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Supreme CBD Ltd t/a Supreme CBD
Four posts on X (formerly Twitter) were not obviously identifiable as ads, and claimed that a food could treat insomnia and anxiety.
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BKUK Group Ltd t/a Burger King
Three emails for foods in high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) were directed at children through the media in which they appeared.
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Witcombe Festival
A competition via Instagram post didn’t award the winner the promised prize or a reasonable equivalent.
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Dolphin Fitness Ltd
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies
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iVape21
Topic: Vaping, smoking and drugs
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Virgin Media Ltd.
Topic: Computers, phones and telecoms