Latest news
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Referring to persons with disabilities in ads
- CAP News
- 07 December 2018
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Paws and clause: Avoiding an advertising cat-astrophe when featuring animals
- CAP News
- 04 December 2018
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Some *bleeping* useful advice on profanity [*contains strong language*]
- CAP News
- 29 November 2018
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International Men’s Day 2018
- CAP News
- 15 November 2018
Latest rulings
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Poundland Ltd
- Upheld
- Internet (social networking)
- 07 February 2018
A series of posts on Poundland’s Twitter and Facebook page, promoting the #ElfBehavingBad campaign, seen in December 2017:a. An ad, posted on 11 December, featured an image of a toy elf and a bottle of De-Icer placed in front of a car windscreen which featured a drawing of a pair of breasts. The caption stated, “Oh Elf...
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Puig (UK) Ltd t/a Paco Rabanne
- Not Upheld
- Television, VOD
- 07 February 2018
Two TV ads and a Video on Demand (VOD) promoted the men's fragrance, Paco Rabanne XS:a. The first TV ad, which was seen in July and August 2017, depicted a man walking into a bathroom. He was seen to have removed his suit jacket and became topless. Two women were then seen peering towards a light source in a dark room....
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Thomas Tunnock Ltd
- Upheld
- Poster
- 07 February 2018
A poster for Tunnocks Tea Cakes, seen on 6 November 2017, showed an image of a female tennis player holding a tea cake in place of a tennis ball at the top of her thigh, with her skirt raised at the hip. Text underneath the image of the women stated “Where do you keep yours?” with text underneath the product image stat...
