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08 Jun Channel 5 found in breach over Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch

Posted at 18:34h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has found that Channel 5 breached the Ofcom Code when it broadcast footage of a 13 year old girl dancing, alongside comments about the sexual nature of dancing in Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch....

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29 Mar C5’s Inside The Gang in privacy breach

Posted at 18:59h in Ofcom, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has upheld two separate complaints for breach of privacy against a Channel 5 documentary series on gang culture in the UK, called Inside The Gang....

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09 Feb SANCTION: £120,000 financial penalty imposed on Al Arabiya News Channel

Posted at 19:10h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has imposed a £120,000 fine on an Arabic language TV channel over a programme about an attempt to overthrow the government of Bahrain....

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26 Jan Channel 5’s OMG: Painted, Pierced and Proud in breach

Posted at 17:38h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has found that Channel 5’s observational documentary on extreme body modifications is in breach of the regulator’s rules against glamorising violent or dangerous behaviour, and the inclusion of unjustified methods of self-harm....

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20 Dec complaint about flight altercation report partly upheld

Posted at 19:14h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has upheld, in part, a complaint made by a woman about a report of her involvement in an altercation on a flight from Manchester to Lahore. ‘...

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03 Nov Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away – privacy complaints upheld

Posted at 19:25h in Ofcom, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has upheld a complaint of infringement of privacy made by Miss F on behalf of herself and members of her family which related to an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away...

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31 Oct Biggins’ Big Brother Comments not in breach

Posted at 20:16h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Comment made by Christopher Biggins about bisexuality which were transmitted on Celebrity Big Brother in August this year were not in breach of Ofcom’s rules....

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13 Oct IPSO – REPORTING RESTRICTIONS: Newspaper faces questions from court and regulator over interview with child

Posted at 19:30h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

The Daily Mail has faced questions from both a High Court judge and press regulator IPSO, over a journalist’s visit with a 15-year-old who was the subject of care proceedings....

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15 Sep CHANNEL 4 IN OFCOM BREACH FOR NAMING WRONG MAN IN TERROR REPORT

Posted at 19:35h in Defamation, Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has found Channel 4 News to be in breach of the requirement to report news with due accuracy, as a result of its incorrect identification of the man responsible for the Westminster terror attack....

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11 Aug Government outlines new data protection law

Posted at 19:42h in Data Protection, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

The Government has announced a ‘statement of intent’ for a data protection bill. The proposals for the most part incorporate into UK law the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). ...

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14 Jul Information broadcast on C4 News about a UKIP official’s home address did not infringe privacy

Posted at 19:50h in Ofcom, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has not upheld a complaint by a senior UKIP official that his privacy was infringed when Channel 4 broadcast footage which identified the road...

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15 Jun Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! Channel 5 fail to stop privacy case

Posted at 19:56h in Ofcom, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

A privacy case relating to the Channel 5 Programme Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! will proceed to trial after the channel failed in a bid to obtain summary judgment. ...

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15 Jun Say Yes to the Dress, TLC – Background Bride’s privacy breached

Posted at 19:55h in Ofcom, Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

Ofcom has upheld a privacy complaint by a bride who appeared in the background of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress....

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26 Sep Harry Hill’s TV Burp – Ofcom Bulletin 26 September 2016

Posted at 20:21h in Ofcom, Posts, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

In an interesting finding, Ofcom has found that an episode of Harry Hill’s TV Burp, aired on the channel Dave to be in breach of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code rules...

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The Supreme Court has upheld an injunction granted to a married celebrity to prevent a Sunday tabloid reporting that he had a threesome with another couple, even though his identity has been reported in the US, Scotland and on social media.

01 Jul CELEBRITY THREESOME INJUNCTION ROW CONTINUES

Posted at 17:21h in Posts, Privacy & Data Protection, Regulation – Ofcom, ASA & IPSO

The Supreme Court has upheld an injunction granted to a married celebrity to prevent a Sunday tabloid reporting that he had a threesome with another couple, even though his identity has been reported in the US, Scotland and on social media....

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