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Sports Supplements Ltd t/a Bulk
An email contained a promotion which wasn't capable of being used and so wasn't administered fairly.
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Sky UK Ltd t/a NOW
A website ad for NOW TV omitted material information about the inclusion of ads in basic streaming membership plans.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Ltd t/a PlaySation
An ad for 'Call of Duty Modern Warfare III' was not irresponsibly targeted.
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Prettylittlething.com Ltd t/a Prettylittlething.com
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.
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Whitbread Group plc t/a Premier Inn, Beefeater
A paid-for search ad made misleading claims about the price of hotel rooms.
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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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LeoVegas Gaming plc t/a Bet MGM
A TV ad for Bet MGM featuring Chris Rock was not likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Lindar Media Ltd t/a MRQ.com
A paid-for Facebook ad for gaming website MrQ.com featured cartoon imagery that was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Lenovo Technology (UK) Ltd
An email contained the misleading claim “Get 10% off any product”.
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Space NK Ltd t/a Space.NK
A competition via an Instagram post did not award a prize in accordance with change, was not administered fairly and omitted significant conditions.
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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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Gamehaus Network Technology Co Ltd
An in-app ad for a mobile game featuring an incestuous relationship, suggesting a child had been sexualised and groomed by an adult and portraying a child in a sexual way was likely to cause serious and widespread offence.
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Grandbing Technology Co Ltd t/a On Fancy
A website for an online clothing retailer portrayed a child in a sexual way and was irresponsible.
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HJ Heinz Foods UK Ltd t/a Heinz
A packaging promotion for ‘free days out’ omitted significant conditions.
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Marble Corporation Ltd t/a The Little Ones
A product page for a pillow irresponsibly shows an infant in an unsafe sleep position associated with Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI).
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GIRLvsCANCER
An outdoor poster that referenced a swear word was likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was inappropriate for an untargeted medium.
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Happytiger ApS
A TV ad for bingo featured someone who appeared to be under the age of 25.
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Coty UK Ltd t/a Coty UK Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for Rimmel London, seen on 9 September 2023, included the caption “Get ready to slay this back to school season [books emoji] [stars emoji] Get 25% off Multi-Tasker Concealer and other Rimmel faves with code B2S25 only at lookfantastic.com”. The post included a video of influencer ...
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EFL Digital Ltd t/a EFL
Two online calendar events for The English Football League (EFL) and Papa John’s: a. The first calendar event, seen on 21 October 2022, featured the headline “[football emoji] Papa Johns Trophy: Stevenage vs Tottenham Hotspur U21”. Text within the event stated “We’ve partnered with Papa...
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Benefex Ltd
Topic: Promotions and competitions