Rules and Regulatory Bodies

Some UK regulatory bodies are listed below;

OFCOM - Office of Communication, is the communications regulator.  They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.

ASA - Advertising Standards Authority, the UK's independent regulator of advertising across all meia, including marketing on websites.  They work to ensure ads are legal, decent, honest and truthful by applying the advertising codes.

PCC - Press Complaints Commission, is an independent self-regulatory body which deals with complaints about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines (and their websites).

PRS for Music - Performing Rights Society, Collects and pays royalties to its members when their music is recorded onto any format and distributed to the public, broadcast or made publicly available online.

BBFC - British Board of Film Classification, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom.  It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and some video games under the Video Recordings Act 2010.

PEGI - Pan European Game Information, provides age ratings for computer games using a system recognised across Europe.