Clearcast
Clearcast, previously the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre, operates the clearance system for television commercials before they are screened.
www.clearcast.co.uk

Dept for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is responsible for for a wide range of legislation regulating the relationship between consumers and business.
www.dti.gov.uk

DTI - Consumer Gateway
DTI Consumer Gateway - The Consumer Affairs web-site provides easy access to regulatory guidance and consultation documents and lists publications aimed at the public. Departmental contacts are also given and there are links to other relevant sites in the consumer field.
www.consumer.gov.uk

FSA
Financial Services Authority - The Financial Services Authority (FSA)is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services Act 1986, the Banking Act 1987 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (and other legislation). Its four main aims are to maintain confidence in the UK financial system; to promote public understanding of the financial system; to secure the right degree of protection for consumers; and to contribute to reducing financial crime.
www.fsa.gov.uk

Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner - The Information Commissioner's Office is an independent supervisory body responsible for enforcing the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act. It has a range of duties including the promotion of good information handling and the encouragement of codes of practice for data controllers, that is, anyone who decides how and why personal data, (information about identifiable, living individuals) are processed.
www.dataprotection.gov.uk

MHRA
Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority - The Executive Agency of the Department of Health protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness and are used safely. Replaces the Medicines Control Agency and Medical Devices Agency.
www.mhra.gov.uk

Ofcom
Ofcom - The regulator for the UK broadcast and telecommunications industry
www.ofcom.org.uk

OFT
The Office of Fair Trading - The OFT,  a non-ministerial Government Department, plays a front line role in protecting the economic welfare of consumers and in enforcing UK competition policy.
www.oft.gov.uk

PCC
The Press Complaints Commission  - the PCC is an independent organisation which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
www.pcc.org.uk

PhonepayPlus
PhonepayPlus is the organisation that regulates phone-paid services in the UK - the services and goods that can be bought by charging the cost to a mobile phone bill and pre-pay accounts.  These include helplines, competitions, downloads, TV voting, news alerts, charitable donations and interactive games.
www.phonepayplus.org.uk

RACC
Radio Advertising Clearance Centre - Commercial radio's advertising clearance body. Administered by the industry's trade body, the Commercial Radio Companies' Association, and funded by the commercial radio stations. The RACC clears radio advertisements and sponsorhip credits to provide easy use of an otherwise complex medium for both advertisers and agencies.
Website: www.racc.co.uk E-mail: adclear@racc.co.uk