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Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€9mTotal of monetary amounts
€9mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

27 Jan 2026 Vacaciones eDreams S.L., eDreams International Network S.L., eDreams S.r.l.AGCM fines eDreams €9m over manipulative design around its Prime subscription ItalyInformation duties in online retail €9m

According to the AGCM, eDreams misled consumers about the alleged benefits of its "Prime" subscription using deceptive design elements and manipulative techniques and pushed them into membership (practice A); it also made it hard to leave the subscription (practice B). Vacaciones eDreams S.L., eDreams International Network S.L. and eDreams S.r.l. were jointly and severally fined 6,000,000 and 3,000,000 EUR, a total of 9,000,000 EUR.

What organisations can take from it

A subscription offered during booking must be clearly identifiable as an optional extra and be as easy to end as it is to take out.

Relevance to training and awareness

Dark patterns in subscriptions during online booking

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
Legal basis
Art. 20, 21, 22, 23 Abs. 1 lit. g, 24, 25, 26 lit. f Codice del consumo (D.lgs. 206/2005)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Retail and e-commerce
Published
4 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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