The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into concerns that social media stars are not properly declaring when they have been paid, or otherwise rewarded, to endorse goods or services. The ASA has for many years said that social media stars who are paid by brands to promote...

On 27 September 2018, the FCA published a report ( TR18/2) following its thematic review of the impact of credit broking remuneration models at the point of sale. This focussed on the extent to which commission arrangements, such as fees paid to brokers by lenders, can lead to customer detriment...

UK Regulatory Update | September 2018 Welcome to the latest edition of our Regulatory Update. In this edition, we return to one of the most talked about, and most widely impactful, regulatory changes in recent times, the GDPR. Whilst most businesses were engaged in major projects to get ready in...

On 28 December 2018, the French Data Supervisory Authority (the CNIL) issued guidance on the principles and rules to comply with when a company intends to share personal data collected to its business partners (as well as brokers and other organisations) for marketing purposes. Not surprisingly, the principles are in...

Current issues Pre-contractual information needed for connected consumer products EU law requires companies that sell directly to consumers to provide certain pre-contractual information, to ensure that consumers are treated fairly and understand when they are about to enter into a binding contract which requires them to pay. This has been...

Current issues Adverts depicting "harmful gender stereotypes" to be banned From 14 June 2019, adverts will be prohibited from depicting "harmful gender stereotypes". The intention is to prohibit adverts which suggest that certain activities or roles are exclusively associated with one gender. Particular care will need to be taken when...

As previously highlighted in our regulatory update, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) issued its proposed Guidelines on Price Transparency today (30 September 2019). This is the first set of guidelines under its consumer protection mandate that the CCCS has proposed since taking on the additional function of...

The Prudential Regulatory Authority has brought its settlement discount scheme into line with that of the Financial Conduct Authority by scrapping its tapered discount scheme for the later settlement of disciplinary action. When the FCA's "new" penalties regime came into force in 2010, the FCA operated a tapered discount scheme...

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This year, average spend per consumer is expected to grow further, as the phenomena of these shopping days once again sweeps over from the Atlantic on Friday 29 November and Monday 2 December. Shoppers are forecast, according to a Report by the Centre for Retail Research for VoucherCodes, to spend...