* Advertising Standards Authority ( disambiguation )

This drew 200 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority.

The relative severity of various British profanities, as perceived by the public, was studied on behalf of the British Broadcasting Standards Commission, Independent Television Commission, BBC and Advertising Standards Authority ; the results of this jointly commissioned research were published in December 2000 in a paper called " Delete expletives ?".

This provoked much criticism of the company and the attention of the Advertising Standards Authority.

This 1991 advert prompted more than 800 complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority during 1991 and was featured in the reference book Guinness World Records 2000 as ' Most Controversial Campaign '.

After PETA placed ads in school newspapers linking milk to acne, obesity, heart disease, cancer, and strokes, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and college officials complained it encouraged underage drinking ; the British Advertising Standards Authority asked that the ads be discontinued after complaints from interest groups such as The National Farmers ' Unions.

Claims about the drink's effects and performance have been challenged on various occasions, with the UK's Advertising Standards Authority imposing advertising restrictions in 2001 in response to complaints first recorded as early as 1997.

In 2010, it started to refer to the " City of Medway " in promotional material, but it was rebuked and instructed not to do so in future by the Advertising Standards Authority.

In September 2009, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) banned Betfair from running two billboard adverts which claimed that their Starting Price ( SP ) offered 40 % better returns, on average, than the industry SP.

A coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint against Nestlé to the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards after Nestlé took out full-page advertisements in October 2008 claiming that " Most water bottles avoid landfill sites and are recycled ", " Nestlé Pure Life is a healthy, eco-friendly choice " and that " Bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world ".

Public awareness of the availability of these videos began in early 1982, when Vipco ( Video Instant Picture Company ), the UK distributors of The Driller Killer, a 1979 slasher film, took out full-page advertisements in a number of specialist video magazines, depicting the video's explicit cover ; an action which resulted in a large number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Agency.

In 2001, a formulation of the diluted Ribena cordial, sold as Ribena Toothkind ( and endorsed by the British Dental Association ), was judged by the United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority to have been advertised in a misleading manner, and claims that the drink did not encourage tooth decay should be removed from the packaging.

The Advertising Standards Authority rejected the Bloodhound team's complaint, claiming that intellectual property disputes were not in its remit.

The South African Advertising Standards Authority called for the withdrawal of the advert.

Despite complaints to have it removed, the Advertising Standards Bureau ruled that it did not contain excessive nudity for its M rating. The Australian Advertising Standards Bureau ruled that it did not infringe any advertising standards.

During that interval he was Director-General of the Royal Institute of British Architects and also became Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority.

* Advertising Standards Canada

* Advertising Standards Bureau ( Australia )

In November 2006, he was appointed as Chairman of The Advertising Standards Authority.

* The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK upheld several complaints against major car manufacturers including Suzuki, SEAT, Toyota and Lexus who made erroneous claims about their vehicles.

However, in May 2006, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) ruled that the word " bloody " was not an inappropriate marketing tool and the original version of the ad was permitted to air.

In June 2008, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ), a British advertising regulator, ruled otherwise, citing the Oxford English Dictionary definition of bespoke as " made to order ".

Regarding terminology in UK and Ireland, in December 2011 the Advertising Standards Authority ( in an ASA decision which was upheld by its Independent Reviewer, Sir Hayden Phillips ) controversially ruled that no manufactured product can be marketed as " zero carbon ", because carbon was inevitably emitted during its manufacture.

The majority of complainants to the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) said the images were disgusting and thought it was inappropriate because spitting posed a health risk.

* Advertising Standards Authority

In 2003, a ruling by the UK Advertising Standards Authority determined that the corporation had acted in breach of the codes of practice in describing how its French fries were prepared.

In July 2010 the Advertising Standards Authority banned a digital poster advertising the London Dungeon.

In March 2012, Streeter was one of three MPs who signed a letter to the Advertising Standards Authority asking it to reverse its decision to stop the Christian group " Healing on the Streets of Bath " from making explicit claims that prayer can heal.

Once pointed out, the CNHC had the claims retracted as it conflicted with their Advertising Standards Authority.

Advertising messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various traditional media ; including mass media such as newspaper, magazines, television commercial, radio advertisement, outdoor advertising or direct mail ; or new media such as blogs, websites or text messages.

British Gas was accused of greenwashing in the advertising of its Zero Carbon tariff in 2008 after the Advertising Standards Association upheld a complaint about the ' greenest domestic tariff ' claim.

However, following formal enforcement action by the Advertising Standards Authority, the Metropolitan Police gave a written undertaking never to repeat this claim again.

* Firma-A monthly magazine insert, established in 1996, which covers the fields of Advertising, Communication and Marketing in the Middle East as well as the world economy, and financial issues concerning Israel.

The ASA investigation upheld the complaint in 2008, ruling that the Reader's Digest mailing was irresponsible, misleading ( particularly for the elderly ) and had breached three clauses of the Committee of Advertising Practice code.

In 2008 the then BWEA was found guilty by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) of making false claims in respect of the carbon dioxide emissions displaced by wind generation.

As a result of an investigation into false advertising regarding " zero-emissions " claims, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) in the UK ruled in March 2010 to ban an advertisement from Renault UK regarding it's " zero-emissions vehicles " because the ad breached CAP ( Broadcast ) TV Code rules 5. 1. 1, 5. 1. 2 ( Misleading advertising ) and 5. 2. 1 ( Misleading advertising-Evidence ) and 5. 2. 6 ( Misleading advertising-Environmental claims.

The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) has ruled that the poster is suitable for display.

In South Africa, advertising content is self-regulated and is governed according to standards contained in a Code of Advertising Practice established by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) of South Africa, whose members are advertisers, advertising agencies, and media sources that carry advertising.

The ASA of South Africa's Code of Advertising Practice is based on the International Code of Advertising Practice prepared by the International Chamber of Commerce.

Following the introduction of the Gambling Act 2005 in the United Kingdom and the subsequent relaxation of advertising laws for gambling companies in 2007, a TV campaign by Ladbrokes, that included a host of ex-professional footballers, was the first to result in complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ); the ASA cleared the campaign.

In May 2008, The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) banned William Hill from running a television advert which they found ' condoned gambling behaviour that was socially irresponsible '.

The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) has upheld complaints against:

* The Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code ( ABAC ) at ASA. co. nz

After months of public complaints, the British Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) ruled on 21 September 2005 that many of the advertisements must be shown only after 9 p. m.

In June 2008, the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ), a British advertising regulator, ruled that an advertisement describing a suit " put into a ' working-frame ' where it would be cut and sewn by machine " as a " bespoke suit uniquely made according to your personal measurements & specification " was not breaching the Authority's self proclaimed advertising codes, notably the truthfulness rule, because the use of the term bespoke was not deemed likely to confuse.

In June 2006, the UK Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) upheld the complaint by NICE and ruled that the use of the quote was in breach of ASA guidelines.