31 Jul, 2020 CAP publishes outcome of consultation on children's recognition of online advertising By Geraint Lloyd-Taylor It's a basic principle of the UK advertising codes that audiences must be able to recognise that ads are ads. This can be challenging...
30 Jul, 2020 How much information is too much information? How many complaints are too many? The ASAI decides..... By Conor Griffin An ASAI decision to uphold complaints regarding an advertisement for Tampax tampons has been the subject of widespread criticism in...
24 Jul, 2020 Who ate all the pies? Boris did! And he's not even watching TV... By Brinsley Dresden The papers are full of speculation that Boris Johnson is due to announce sweeping new restrictions on the advertising and marketing of...
23 Jul, 2020 Personal Data Privacy in Hong Kong – Amendments Proposed by the Government to the Legislative Council & PowerPoint Presentation by the Personal Data Privacy Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) By Angus Forsyth The Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) was first enacted in 1996 with the only substantive amendments being enacted in...
23 Jul, 2020 Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore Comments on the Rise in Feedback by Stakeholders and the Increasing Number of High-Profile Ad Complaints By Denise Mirandah The Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore (‘ASAS’), which was set up in 1976 to inter alia promote ethical advertising in...
20 Jul, 2020 Code of Conduct for Online Livestreaming Marketing Issued in China By Justina Zhang In our previous article, China Live Streaming Promotions and Beyond- Legal Issues that Marketers Need to Know...
17 Jul, 2020 The Court of Justice of the European Union declared the so-called „Privacy Shield“ between USA and EU invalid By Ladislav Madl Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its decision concerning in particular the two key tools for the...
17 Jul, 2020 WFA Calls on Advertising Industry to Stop Using Racially-Loaded Terms "Blacklist" and "Whitelist" By Jeff Greenbaum The World Federation of Advertisers called on the advertising industry to stop using the racially-loaded terms "blacklist" and...
14 Jul, 2020 Influencers' Regulation in Argentina: When No Law Is Better Than a Bad Law By Paula Fernandez Pfizenmaier In a recent GALA webinar, we discussed the regulation of influencers in the region, including Argentina. On that occasion, only a few...
09 Jul, 2020 Are the new Slovak regulations on Consumer Credit Advertisements compliant with the EU Directive? By Marek Bugan The National Council of the Slovak Republic has approved in the first reading a new act that defines new obligations on the advertisement...
07 Jul, 2020 Recap of the key issues discussed during the webinar "INFLUENCER MARKETING: REGULATION IN LATINOAMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN” By Paula Fernandez Pfizenmaier Last week, members of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance presented the webinar "INFLUENCER MARKETING: REGULATION IN LATINOAMERICA &...
02 Jul, 2020 Copyrights and Memes By Luiz Leao Valdir Rocha Valdir Rocha, our member from Brazil, was a mediator, on July 1st, 2020, of a webinar organized by the World Intellectual Property...
02 Jul, 2020 You're Invited: Virtual Launch Event for the GALA/IAA Guide to Privacy & Marketing By Jeff Greenbaum FOn July 8th, the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance and the International Advertising Association are hosting a virtual event to...
02 Jul, 2020 The IP Systems in the Americas During the COVID-19 By Luiz Leao Valdir Rocha Valdir Rocha, our Member from Brazil, moderated a webinar on the impact of Covid in the IP practice in the Americas, sponsored by the...