Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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.
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by levelWhat for?
by action- Fine €2.13bn 100 % · 1 case
- Disgorgement of profits €10.5m 0 % · 2 cases
Who?
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When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
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| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | €2.14bn |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €4.14m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
3 cases
23 Oct 2025 TFG Holding, Inc.JustFab, ShoeDazzle, FabKids: 4.8 million USD settlement with 33 attorneys general over VIP membership €4.14m
According to the allegations of the attorneys general, the online fashion retailer enrolled buyers in a paid VIP membership programme without their express consent, presented prices in a misleading way and made cancellation difficult. Under the settlement with 32 states and D.C., TFG is providing around 3.8 million USD in automatic refunds and paying 1 million USD to the states; the settlement does not constitute an admission of guilt.
A purchase must not silently trigger a membership with monthly charges.
Subscription models and express consent at checkout
- Authority / court
- Attorney General of Pennsylvania (verhandelt mit Maryland, Texas und D.C.; Vergleich mit 33 Attorneys General)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
- Legal basis
- Verbraucherschutzgesetze der beteiligten Bundesstaaten
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 23 Oct 2025
Original amount 4,800,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Oct 2025.
- AG Sunday Secures Settlement Valued at $4.8 Million with Online Clothing Retailer Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Sep 2025 Amazon.com, Inc.Amazon pays 2.5 billion USD in FTC settlement over Prime sign-up and cancellation hurdles €2.13bn
According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Amazon used confusing order screens to push millions of customers into Prime subscriptions without their consent and deliberately made cancellation difficult. The settlement comprises a civil penalty of 1 billion USD and 1.5 billion USD in refunds, as well as a clear decline button and simple cancellation.
Subscription sign-ups require an equally prominent option to decline and a cancellation process that is as simple as signing up.
Dark patterns and subscription design in product design
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
- Legal basis
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA); Section 5 FTC Act
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Liability of senior managers
- The press release names Senior Vice President Neil Lindsay and Vice President Jamil Ghani.
- Published
- 25 Sep 2025
Original amount 2,500,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Sep 2025.
- FTC Secures Historic $2.5 Billion Settlement Against Amazon Press release of an authority
- FTC Case: Amazon.com, Inc. (ROSCA), FTC v. – Stipulated Order entered by the Court 25.09.2025 Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Sep 2025 Chegg Inc.Chegg pays 7.5 million USD in FTC settlement over allegations of obstructed subscription cancellation €6.35m
According to the FTC complaint, the education provider hid the cancellation option for its automatically renewing subscriptions on its website and, since October 2020, continued to charge almost 200,000 customers even after they had cancelled. Under the settlement, Chegg is paying 7.5 million USD for refunds and must offer simple cancellation.
Cancellations received must be reliably implemented in the systems – continuing to charge customers is a separate violation.
Cancellation processes and customer service for subscriptions
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
- Legal basis
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA); Section 5 FTC Act
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 15 Sep 2025
Original amount 7,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Sep 2025.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link