How to enforce
1. Legislation
2. Code of Conduct
- the committee of advertising practices (CAP)
- advertising standard authority (ASA)
3. Ethics
4. Self regulation
CPR and BPR
1. Consumer Protection Regulations
2. Business Protection Regulations
To understand the legal issues
1. Advertising -Print and Air
2. Cookie law
3. Social media
4. Distance selling
5. Promotions and incentives
6. Data protection
7. Selling to children
8. CPR and BPR
Ardi Kolah Guru in a Bottle - Essential Law for Marketers
The Issues
1. Making Marketing Communications clear
2. Comparative advertising
3. Pricing
4. Product availability
5. Comparison
6. Endorsement and testimonial
7. Guaranty and Warranty and after-sales-services
8. Offenses
9. Marketing to Alcohol
0. Marketing to Children's (18- 16- 10)
1. Privacy
2. Sales Promotion
3. Distance selling
4. Data Protection
5. Political campaign
An ad is misleading if
1. It deceives or is likely to deceive the traders it addresses or reaches
2. The deception is likely to affect the economic behavior of those traders or
3. As a result of the above factors on traders it injures or is likely to injure a competitor in some way
An Ad can be deceptive it if
1. Contains a false statement of fact
2. Conceals or leaves out of important facts
3. Promises to do something but there is no intention of carrying it out
4. Create a false impression, even if everything stated in it may be literally true
Comparative advertising
1. Provide objective comparisons of products on a like-for-like basic
2. Not discredited or denigrate a competitor or its brand
3. Not take unfair advantage of the reputation of a competitor's brand
4. Not create confusion between your company and a competitor, or its brand
General rules
1. Marketers should deal fairly with consumers.
2. Marketing communication must comply with the law and not encourage to break it.
3. Marketing communication must be easily identifiable as a communication, it is a piece of marketing.
4. Marketing communication must not misleading.
Regulators
1. Committee of Advertising Practices (CAP)
Copy Advice Team
2. Advertising Standard Authority (ASA)