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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

3cases from 3 jurisdictions
€11.8mTotal of monetary amounts
€4.83mMedian per case with an amount

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3 cases

15 Apr 2026 Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School)AA and BSM driving schools: 4.2 million GBP for drip pricing – CMA's first consumer fine United KingdomMisleading advertising and pricing €4.83m

For online bookings, the driving schools only showed a mandatory booking fee at checkout instead of in the initial price. Following an admission and settlement, the CMA imposed a penalty of 4.2 million GBP (40 % discount on 7 million GBP) and ordered refunds of more than 760,000 GBP to more than 80,000 customers.

What organisations can take from it

Mandatory fees must be included from the very first price – in the United Kingdom, the CMA has been able to impose fines for this itself since 2025.

Relevance to training and awareness

Price disclosures and mandatory fees at online checkout

Authority / court
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Other
Mitigating circumstances
Admission and early settlement (40 % discount).
Published
15 Apr 2026

Original amount 4,200,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Apr 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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25 Mar 2025 Società Cooperativa Culture (CoopCulture)Colosseum tickets: CoopCulture 7 million EUR, around 20 million in total over ticket bots ItalyMisleading advertising and pricing €7m

The Colosseum's ticketing service provider did not prevent tour operators from buying up basic tickets in bulk using bots, and itself reserved large allocations for more expensive packages; as a result, visitors could hardly find regular tickets. The AGCM imposed a fine of 7 million EUR on CoopCulture and further fines on six tour providers (including Tiqets, GetYourGuide, Musement), almost 20 million EUR in total.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone selling a scarce allocation must actively prevent bot purchases and must not steer access towards expensive packages.

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Art. 20, comma 2 Codice del Consumo (CoopCulture); Artt. 24, 25, 23 comma 1 lett. bb-bis (Touranbieter)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Other
Published
8 Apr 2025

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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19 Sep 2024 „Българиън Дрийм Травъл“ ЕООДBulgarian Dream Travel feigns experience with education fairs – 1,360 leva BulgariaMisleading advertising and pricing €695

The company gave universities and schools the impression of many years of experience with international education fairs and of supposedly upcoming tours, although it had not actually held any such events; in doing so, it relied on the relationships of the applicant SRT International. The Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, KZK) regarded this conduct over more than one and a half years as seriously misleading (Art. 31 ZZK – Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act) and imposed 8% of 2023 turnover (17,000 leva), i.e. 1,360 leva, plus reimbursement of costs of 6,000.26 leva.

What organisations can take from it

Micro-enterprises are also liable for references and claims of experience – borrowed success stories are misleading.

Authority / court
Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (КЗК, Bulgarische Wettbewerbskommission)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
Legal basis
Art. 31 ZZK (Irreführung)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Other

Original amount 1,360 BGN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Sep 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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