ASA’s Independent Complaints Council has upheld nine cases in full and one case in part in its latest complaints bulletin. Advertisements across Online, Social Media, In-Store Advertising and Print were found to be in breach of the ASA Code. The Complaints Council chose to not uphold three complaints.
Details of the complaints can be found below.
The Complaints Council is a completely independent arm of the Advertising Standards Authority and is responsible for considering and adjudicating on complaints submitted by the public, by an organisation, by a Government Department, or any other person or body. The Council is made up of a range of experts from the advertising, media, education, consumer, and marketing sectors.
Advertiser
Medium
Complaint Category
Status
Hello Fresh
@twins_and_me_
Online (Influencer’s Social Media)
Upheld
Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company Trading as Newspapers.com
Online (Advertiser’s Own Website)
Upheld
Kingsbury Furniture
@dominiquenugent89
Online (Influencer’s Social Media)
Upheld