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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East: 1,929 cases from 40 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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2cases from 1 jurisdiction

€334,587Total of monetary amounts (1 case with an amount)

€334,587Largest single case: AV Terrace Bay Inc.

€334,587Median per case with an amount

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14 Mar 2025 AV Terrace Bay Inc.AV Terrace Bay pulp mill: CAD 525,000 fine for effluent and air emission breaches Canada, OntarioEmissions and permits €334,587

In May 2023 all rainbow trout died in a toxicity test on the effluent of the pulp mill, which is discharged via a creek into Lake Superior; in the same month the mill also exceeded the limit for total reduced sulphur (TRS) in its air emissions four times. The court convicted the company of two offences under the Environmental Protection Act and fined it CAD 525,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of CAD 131,250.

What organisations can take from it

Even short-lived exceedances of effluent and air emission limits can lead to heavy fines; continuous monitoring and swift corrective action are essential.

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Compliance with effluent and emission limits

Authority / court: Gericht in Thunder Bay (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 – Abwasserqualität nach der Umweltgenehmigung (Environmental Compliance Approval) und Industriestandard für TRS-Emissionen
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Mitigating circumstances: According to the ministry, the company reported the test result and each TRS exceedance as required, immediately investigated the causes of the exceedances and submitted an abatement plan; weekly follow-up tests of the effluent showed no further failures.
Published: 14 Jul 2025

Original amount 525,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Mar 2025.

Sources

Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin (MECP): Pulp Mill Fined $525,000 for Environmental Protection Act Violations, 14.07.2025 Press release of an authority
Ontario Newsroom API: Court Bulletin 1006183 (maschinenlesbare Fassung) Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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4 Sep 2024 a Canadian printing companyPrinting company: CAI orders end to facial recognition in access control Canada, QuébecEmployee dataanonymised Order

During the pandemic in 2020 the printing company introduced an access control system with facial recognition and temperature checks for its employees, and kept using facial recognition after the temperature function was discontinued in October 2022. The Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI, Quebec's access to information and privacy commission) found that the company had not shown that collecting the biometric data was necessary for access control and ordered it, within 90 days, to stop collecting and using facial recognition and to destroy the biometric templates created.

What organisations can take from it

Biometric access control for employees requires documented evidence that its benefits outweigh the intrusion into privacy.

Relevance to training and awareness

Biometric access control in the workplace

Authority / court: Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec (CAI), section de surveillance
Area of law: Data protection · Employee data
Legal basis: Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels dans le secteur privé (RLRQ c. P-39.1), Art. 4 (Notwendigkeit der Erhebung) und Art. 83
Action: Order
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Manufacturing and mechanical engineering

Sources

CAI, Entscheidungen der Überwachungssektion (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 4 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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