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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | €238,808 |
| 2024 | 3 | €804,219 |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 2 | – |
7 cases
24 Sep 2026 Kalibrate Canada (Tochter der Kalibrate Technologies Ltd.)Canada: Kalibrate must stop sharing retailer-specific petrol station data Order
Kalibrate's "Market Intelligence" product passed on retailer-specific sales data from petrol stations that allowed conclusions to be drawn about competitors and could facilitate coordinated pricing behaviour. In an agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, Kalibrate undertakes to supply only aggregated and time-delayed data – the first case under the reformed abuse of dominance rules.
Providers of market and price data must ensure that their products do not disseminate individualised competitor data.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Abuse-of-dominance-Bestimmungen des Competition Act (Fassung 2023)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Competition Bureau secures agreement with Kalibrate to protect competition in the retail gas industry Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Mar 2026 Nova Scotia PowerNova Scotia Power: commitments to the Privacy Commissioner after ransomware attack Other
Following a cyber attack in spring 2025 in which data of about 375,000 current and 540,000 former customers was exfiltrated, including bank account, driver's licence and social insurance numbers, Nova Scotia Power signed a compliance letter to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The company commits to delete customers' social insurance numbers and, by 31 October 2026, to submit an independent security assessment – including employee training and notification processes – and to report on implementing its recommendations; only then will the investigation be discontinued. According to the letter, the starting point was an employee clicking a link in a pop-up on a compromised website, which installed malware.
A single click on a fake pop-up can expose hundreds of thousands of customer records – training, limited admin rights and prompt notification belong together.
Fake update pop-ups and malware
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Einstellung nach Paragraph 12.2(1)(c) bei Erfüllung der Zusagen
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 25 Mar 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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19 Nov 2024 Hydro One Networks Inc.Hydro One: CA$250,000 after contact with live line €168,543
While copper conductors were being installed on a de-energised 44 kV line, a piece of conductor touched the uncovered 4.8 kV line running below it; a worker was seriously injured. The network operator had not complied with the safety rules for work near energised equipment. Fine of CA$250,000 (19 November 2024).
De-energising alone is not enough; adjacent lines that remain live must be covered.
Covering adjacent live parts
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Goderich (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Sections 181, 183 O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) i. V. m. s. 132 Electrical Utility Safety Rules; ss. 27(1)(a), 25(1)(c) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
Original amount 250,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Nov 2024.
- Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin zu Hydro One Networks Inc. (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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21 Oct 2024 Avila Energy CorporationAvila Energy: CAD 60,000 (joint payment) over false statements on the use of offering proceeds €40,005
In an offering document filed in December 2022 the listed energy company said it would spend about CAD 1.5 million of the offering proceeds on data analysis, but routed most of that money through a service provider to a Dutch company to settle payment obligations of a related company. In its settlement with the ASC, Avila admitted misleading statements and a false certificate filed with the Commission; it pays the settlement amount of CAD 60,000 (including CAD 10,000 in costs) jointly with a further settling party (joint payment) and must arrange training for its officers, directors and audit committee.
Statements on the use of proceeds in offering documents are binding; diverting funds to related parties is a serious disclosure breach.
Truthful statements on the use of proceeds and dealing with related parties
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), Executive Director (Settlement Agreement and Undertaking)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
- Legal basis
- Securities Act (Alberta), RSA 2000, c. S-4, s. 92(4.1) (irreführende Angaben) und s. 221.1 (falsche Bescheinigung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous ASC sanctions and cooperation with investigators; the settlement avoided a contested hearing.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 23 Oct 2024
Original amount 60,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Oct 2024.
- ASC: Notices, Decisions and Orders (Settlement Agreement and Undertaking, 21.10.2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Sep 2024 an integrated oil company with a refinery in OntarioOil company: CAD 900,000 fine for an oil release at a refinery in Ontario €595,671
The court hearing the charge found that in April 2021, at a refinery in Ontario, steam from a steam-tracer leak that had been known since January and whose repair had been deferred bored into an adjacent line, releasing about 1,150 litres of slop oil. Neighbouring businesses and residents reported odours, irritation, headaches and nausea. The operator was convicted under the Environmental Protection Act of discharging a contaminant causing an adverse effect and fined CAD 900,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 225,000.
Known leaks on lines carrying hazardous substances should be prioritised by their risk to the neighbourhood rather than deferred for seasonal reasons.
Maintenance and leak management in facilities handling hazardous substances
- Authority / court
- Gericht in Sarnia (Ermittlung und Anklage: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Environmental Protection Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c E.19 – Einleitung eines Schadstoffs, die eine nachteilige Wirkung verursacht hat oder wahrscheinlich verursacht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 13 Nov 2024
Original amount 900,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2024.
- Ontario Newsroom, Veröffentlichungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 16 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Mar 2023 a Canadian provider of waste services for the oil and gas industryCompetition Tribunal: waste services firm must sell 29 facilities after buying a competitor Order
On 3 March 2023 the Competition Tribunal partly granted the competition authority's application against a Canadian waste services provider's completed acquisition of a competitor and ordered divestitures. The two companies were competitors in waste services for the oil and gas industry in Western Canada, and the acquirer had relied on the efficiencies defence in the competition statute. The court of appeal dismissed the appeal on 1 August 2023 and the supreme court refused leave to appeal on 22 February 2024; in February 2024 the competition authority approved a buyer for 29 of the acquirer's facilities.
Even a completed merger can later lead to divestitures; relying on efficiency gains does not automatically protect against this.
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal (auf Antrag des Commissioner of Competition / Competition Bureau Canada)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Competition Act, Fusionskontrolle (Veräußerungsanordnung wegen erheblicher Minderung des Wettbewerbs in regionalen Märkten); Effizienzeinrede nach s. 96(1) geltend gemacht
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 7 Mar 2023
- Competition Tribunal, Entscheidungsübersichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 3 Mar 2025 · Direct link
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4 Jan 2023 a Canadian waste management companyWaste management company: CAD 343,000 fine for nine breaches at soil treatment sites €238,808
Between 2018 and 2020 the waste management company repeatedly breached its environmental approvals at contaminated soil treatment and transfer sites in Toronto: storage piles exceeded the permitted height of eight metres, the site was not secured, there was no continuous weigh log and gas cylinders were stored without protective barriers; at another site the company accepted organic waste without approval. The court convicted the company of nine offences under the Environmental Protection Act and fined it CAD 343,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 85,750.
Approval conditions such as pile heights, site security and quantity logs must be monitored continuously, especially after warnings from the regulator.
Compliance with approval conditions in waste management
- Authority / court
- Gericht in Toronto East (Ermittlung und Anklage: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Environmental Protection Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c E.19 – Verstöße gegen Auflagen einer Ministeriumsgenehmigung und Abfallannahme ohne Genehmigung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 6 Mar 2023
Original amount 343,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Jan 2023.
- Ontario Newsroom, Veröffentlichungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 4 Jan 2025 · Direct link