Legal and compliance
ASA / CAP (UK)
A-S-A
What is ASA / CAP?
The UK Advertising Standards Authority and Committee of Advertising Practice. Sets and enforces disclosure rules on social media advertising, broadly equivalent to FTC Endorsement Guides.
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Strategy
FTC Endorsement Guidelines for Influencer and UGC Content
The 2023 updates expanded brand liability. Disclosure rules, labelling reposted UGC, the material-connection definition, and the enforcement actions to learn from.
Strategy
How to legally collect UGC from Instagram and TikTok
A repost is not permission. To put a customer's photo or video on your store or in an ad you need a documented licence, with a recorded reply that grants it.
Strategy
GDPR + UGC Compliance: The Operational Manual for 2026
GDPR treats reused customer content as personal-data processing: consent per asset, a searchable audit trail, and a 30-day end-to-end withdrawal SLA.
External reference
asa.org.ukSee it working on a live store.
Real storefronts using the thing this page defines.
