Rulings

Royal Mail Group Ltd

• Upheld
• Internet (social networking), Internet (video)
• 15 November 2017

A paid-for video ad on Twitter and a Video On Demand (VOD) ad for Royal Mail:

a. The video ad on Twitter, seen on 27 July 2017, featured a scene with customers and staff in a bank. A short while later a gang of men in balaclavas with baseball bats entered the bank and shouted, “This is a robbery”. The staff an...

HDS Builders

• Upheld
• Internet (on own site)
• 21 June 2017

Two website ads for HDS Builders:

a. A virtual tour link for a bathroom installation on www.hdsbuilders.co.uk, seen on 21 March 2017, featured an image of a naked woman showering.

b. A still image from the virtual tour, showing the naked woman, with the option to click on the tour, was seen on the home p...