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Advertising, Communications, Media, PR & Creative Agencies

13/04/17

Too sexy? Cheeky ad frowned upon by Advertising Standards Board

Last month, the Advertising Standards Board (‘the Board’) faced complaints about a couple of cheeky advertisements depicting men in their budgy smugglers. The first ad was promoting Bundaberg Rum and featured a close-up of a man in Speedos with the headline ‘No one does Prime Ministers like us and no one does Rum like us’,...

04/04/17

What networks and production companies should learn from House of Hancock

In the wake of Channel Nine and CJZ’s apology to Gina Rinehart, production companies should be wary of the issues that landed these companies in hot water with the mining magnate. In this post, Stephen Digby explains the strategies required to avoid the same fate as TV series House of Hancock. After Rinehart’s successful legal...

27/03/17

Airlines fined for drip pricing

Leading Australian airlines, Jetstar and Virgin, have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for drip pricing, breaching the Australian Consumer Law, following 2015 proceedings brought by the ACCC in the Federal Court. The case against Jetstar and Virgin In Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Jetstar Airways Pty Limited [2015] FCA 1263, the Australian...

16/03/17

Data breach! Update to Australian privacy law

In our increasingly online economy, data breaches are an unfortunate reality for all businesses, and a threat to consumer privacy and safety. A data breach is essentially any intentional or unintentional release of secure or private or confidential information to an untrusted environment. Now, the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 (‘the Amendment) will...

21/02/17

Social influencers, brands and agencies: AANA announce update to advertising laws

Clearly Distinguishable Advertising: The AANA pronouncement and the legal impact on brands, agencies & social influencers. It is evident from a casual gaze through social pages or comms industry commentary that brands are increasingly turning to ‘social influencers’ to promote their products through online social channels, with the intent of influencing consumer purchasing decisions in...