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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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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | €2.22m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €73,683 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €24m |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
4 cases
21 Jan 2026 CineplexCineplex: Court of Appeal upholds 38.9 million CAD penalty for online booking fee €24m
The cinema company added a mandatory booking fee of 1.50 CAD to advertised ticket prices for online purchases. In September 2024, the Competition Tribunal classified this as drip pricing and imposed a penalty of 38.9 million CAD (the amount Cineplex had earned from it between June 2022 and December 2023) plus a ten-year prohibition; the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in January 2026.
An advertised price must be attainable – only government charges may be added separately.
- Authority / court
- Federal Court of Appeal / Competition Tribunal (auf Antrag des Competition Bureau)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Competition Act, Deceptive Marketing Practices (Drip Pricing, seit 24.06.2022 ausdrücklich geregelt)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 23 Jan 2026
Original amount 38,900,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Jan 2026.
- Statement from the Acting Commissioner of Competition on appeal court's ruling in Cineplex deceptive marketing case Press release of an authority
- Competition Bureau wins deceptive marketing case against Cineplex Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Oct 2025 Jessica Tam (Handel in Optionen der Score Media and Gaming Inc.)Tip from the VP Finance: insider trading ahead of Score Media takeover €73,683
In 2021, Jessica Tam bought call options on the instructions of an acquaintance, the VP Finance of Score Media and Gaming, ahead of the announcement of the takeover by Penn National Gaming; the profit was around 311,000 USD, and the split was arranged via WhatsApp using code words and settled in cash. Under the settlement: 120,000 CAD disgorgement and a two-year trading ban.
Insider training must make clear that even trading on a tip from one's private circle is prohibited – and that code words and cash payments do not prevent detection.
Passing on inside information (tipping) in one's private circle
- Authority / court
- Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario) auf Antrag der Ontario Securities Commission
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Market abuse and insider dealing
- Legal basis
- Securities Act (Ontario), s. 76(1) (Insiderhandel); Sanktionen nach s. 127(1)
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission, implication of other participants and undertaking to testify as a witness
- Published
- 4 Nov 2025
Original amount 120,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Oct 2025.
- Reasons for Approval of a Settlement: Ontario Securities Commission v Tam Court decision
- Proceeding: Ontario Securities Commission v Tam Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Sep 2025 TikTok Pte. Ltd.Canadian regulators: TikTok inadequately protected children's data Other
The joint investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the supervisory authorities of Québec, British Columbia and Alberta found that every year hundreds of thousands of children used the platform despite the minimum age of 13, and that TikTok processed data without valid consent, including for profiling and advertising. TikTok undertook to improve age verification and make privacy notices easier to understand, and already during the investigation largely stopped targeted advertising to under-18s (except by broad categories such as language and approximate location).
Age limits in the terms of use are not enough – platforms need effective age verification and child-appropriate transparency.
- Authority / court
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada gemeinsam mit den Aufsichten von Québec, British Columbia und Alberta
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- PIPEDA und Datenschutzgesetze für den Privatsektor von Québec, British Columbia und Alberta
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Sep 2025
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Jun 2024 SiriusXM CanadaSiriusXM Canada: 3.3 million CAD for mandatory fees not included in subscription price €2.22m
The satellite radio provider advertised subscription prices without mandatory music licensing and administration fees, which increased the price by 10 to 20 %. Under the registered settlement, SiriusXM is paying a penalty of 3.3 million CAD and 30,000 CAD in investigation costs and must improve its compliance programme.
Mandatory components, even when labelled as a "fee", belong in the advertised subscription price.
Price advertising and mandatory fees
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Competition Act, Deceptive Marketing Practices (Drip Pricing)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Mitigating circumstances
- Resolution by agreement (consent agreement).
- Published
- 5 Jun 2024
Original amount 3,300,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Jun 2024.
- Sirius to pay $3.3 million penalty to settle concerns over subscription price advertising Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link