Compliance Radar
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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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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 1 | €2.28m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | €32,755 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €43,239 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
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18 Jun 2026 Ideal Supply Inc.Ladder fall in warehouse: industrial supplies distributor pays CA$70,000 €43,239
At the warehouse and distribution centre in Listowel (around 130 employees at the site), a worker fell around 1.2 m while climbing down a ladder at high-bay racking. He had not been adequately informed, instructed and supervised on the safe use of ladders. Fine of CA$70,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Even everyday tasks such as working from ladders at racking require documented instruction – otherwise there is no evidence whatsoever if an incident occurs.
Safe use of ladders in the warehouse
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Stratford (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 25(2)(a), 66(1) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 8 Jul 2026
Original amount 70,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Mar 2026 Birks Group Inc.FINTRAC: jeweller Birks sanctioned over missing risk assessment and compliance review €32,755
The nationwide jewellery chain (a dealer in precious metals and stones) received a penalty of 51,562.50 CAD from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) because written compliance policies were lacking or not applied, the money laundering risk was not assessed and documented, and the prescribed two-yearly effectiveness review was not carried out. Birks has appealed to the Federal Court.
Jewellers, too, must maintain a documented compliance programme with a risk assessment and regular effectiveness reviews.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 5 May 2026
Original amount 51,562.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Mar 2026.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Birks Group Inc. Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Mar 2026 Loblaw Companies LimitedOPC: Loblaw must change retention of PC Optimum data after account deletion Other
During a wave of boycotts in 2024, Loblaw did not process deletion requests in time and retained purchase and usage data from the loyalty programme (more than 17 million members) even after accounts were closed, without demonstrating effective anonymisation. Loblaw undertook to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) to have the anonymisation independently reviewed and to carry out annual deletions.
Companies that continue to use data as anonymous after account deletion must be able to demonstrate the re-identification risk – IP addresses are often enough to link data to a person.
- Authority / court
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- PIPEDA
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 5 Mar 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 Sep 2023 The Dufresne Group Inc. (TDG Furniture Inc., DFA Operations Inc., DF Swan Ltd., Furniture Investment Group Inc.)Dufresne: 3.25 million CAD over inflated reference prices and false countdowns €2.28m
The furniture retail group advertised inflated regular prices and discounts derived from them, as well as countdown timers, even though the promotions were extended or replaced. It is paying a penalty of 3.25 million CAD and 100,000 CAD in costs and has committed to a compliance programme.
Discounts need a genuine reference price, and time-limited promotions must actually end.
Reference prices and urgency claims in advertising
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Competition Act (false or misleading representations; ordinary selling price)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Resolution by agreement with a compliance programme.
- Published
- 27 Sep 2023
Original amount 3,250,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Sep 2023.
- The Dufresne Group to pay $3.25 million penalty to settle Competition Bureau concerns over marketing claims Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link