{"id":11304,"date":"2020-08-15T00:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=11304"},"modified":"2020-08-15T00:26:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:26:46","slug":"misleading-ads-are-prohibited-and-action-can-be-taken-against-advertiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/misleading-ads-are-prohibited-and-action-can-be-taken-against-advertiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading Ads Are Prohibited And Action Can be Taken Against Advertiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11307\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-300x158.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-1024x538.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-768x403.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-1170x614.jpg 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-585x307.jpg 585w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-50x26.jpg 50w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-100x53.jpg 100w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Action-Can-be-Taken-Against-Advertiser-560x294.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Misleading Ads Are Prohibited And Action Can be Taken Against Advertiser<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11306\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1157\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-300x289.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-1024x987.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-768x740.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-1170x1128.jpg 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-585x564.jpg 585w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-50x48.jpg 50w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-100x96.jpg 100w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/652a1da61dad-560x540.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We might have bumped into some advertisements where you don&#8217;t get what you see and it is always so frustrating. According to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, this advertiser can employ a technique called exaggeration or puffery which is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>As misleading ads in the advertisement are now not allowed to magnify or exaggerate their products. They are also not allowed to make advertisements where their products or services do not look as advertised.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11305\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-300x163.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-1024x556.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-768x417.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-1170x635.jpg 1170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-585x317.jpg 585w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-50x27.jpg 50w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-100x54.jpg 100w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/2as1da1dad-560x304.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As an example, they gave this comparison of a burger where they said that it was fake advertising and will confuse consumers. The Ministry has also warned that they can take actions against advertisements that are confusing, deceiving, or gives a false representation and unfair practices under the Consumer Protection Act 1999 and Trade Descriptions Act 2011.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any complaints that you would like to make, you can always download this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.kpdnkk.ezaduforandroid&amp;hl=en\">application<\/a>\u00a0by the Ministry or do so on their website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eaduan.kpdnhep.gov.my\/\">here<\/a>. All complaints filed are confidential and will not be revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fast-food-advertisements-vs-reality-2013-12#the-burger-king-whopper-has-been-pumped-up-for-advertisements-3\">source<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mykpdnhep\/photos\/a.228805737462296\/1224236384585888\/?type=3&amp;theater\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misleading Ads Are Prohibited And Action Can be Taken Against Advertiser We might have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":11307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[1796],"class_list":["post-11304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-misleading-ads-can-have-action-taken"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - 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