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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.
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by authority- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) €3m 100 % · 2 cases
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23 Jun 2026 Deghi S.p.A.Deghi: 2 million EUR for endlessly renewing countdown discounts €2m
From January 2024 to December 2025, the online retailer advertised time-limited discounts with countdown timers which, once they had expired, restarted with a new timer on identical terms. The AGCM classified this artificial scarcity as a particularly insidious dark pattern and imposed a fine of 2 million EUR.
A countdown must genuinely expire – an automatically restarting timer creates misleading scarcity.
False urgency and countdown timers in online marketing
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Codice del Consumo (pratiche commerciali scorrette)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- PS13027 - E-commerce, sanzione di 2 milioni di euro a Deghi S.p.A. per pratica commerciale scorretta Press release of an authority
- AGCM Provvedimento PS13027 (Deghi S.p.A.), adunanza del 23 giugno 2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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4 Aug 2025 Infinite Styles Services Co. Ltd (Shein)AGCM: 1 million EUR fine against Shein for misleading environmental claims €1m
Italy's competition and consumer protection authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, AGCM) objected to vague and in part false claims about circular design and recyclability, about the ‘green’ evoluSHEIN collection (only a small share of the range) and about emission targets, while emissions rose in 2023/2024. The ultra-fast-fashion model is subject to a heightened duty of care, the authority held; it imposed 1 million EUR (case PS12709).
Communicate climate targets and recycling promises only if they are specific, substantiated and consistent with actual developments.
Verifiable sustainability communication in online retail
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims
- Legal basis
- Codice del Consumo (unlautere Geschäftspraktiken), Verfahren PS12709
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 4 Aug 2025
- PS12709 - Italian Competition Authority: 1 million euros fine imposed on Shein for misleading and omissive green claims Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link