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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
by authority- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) €16.2m 76 % · 2 cases
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) €4.83m 23 % · 1 case
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency) €164,216 1 % · 1 case
- Employment Tribunal €82,264 0 % · 2 cases
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Capita plc und Capita Pension Solutions Limited €16.1m 76 % · 1 case
- Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School) €4.83m 23 % · 1 case
- 3R Technology UK Ltd €164,216 1 % · 1 case
- Sonus Public Relations Ltd €82,264 0 % · 1 case
- DPP Law Ltd €69,458 0 % · 1 case
- Hutchison Technologies Ltd — 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €69,458 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €16.1m |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €164,216 |
| Q2 2026 | 2 | €4.91m |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | — |
6 cases
8 Jul 2026 Hutchison Technologies LtdTribunal: Hutchison Technologies dismissed employee after she raised holiday pay concerns Other
An employee of the Dundee-based electrical services provider for gyms (around 140 employees) had pointed out that the technicians' holiday pay was being calculated incorrectly; a few days later her home working arrangement was withdrawn, and on 11 June 2025 she was dismissed. The Employment Tribunal upheld her claims for automatically unfair dismissal (s. 103A) and detriment (s. 47B); compensation will be decided separately.
Employers who worsen working conditions shortly after a disclosure must be able to prove a documented reason unrelated to the disclosure.
How managers handle internal reports
- Authority / court
- Employment Tribunal
- Area of law
- Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
- Legal basis
- Employment Rights Act 1996, ss. 43B, 47B, 103A
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Jun 2026 Sonus Public Relations LtdTribunal: PR agency Sonus must pay £71,052 after subjecting whistleblower to detriment €82,264
The PR agency, which did not appear, lost on all claims: detriment on grounds of whistleblowing (£20,000 for injury to feelings), wrongful termination without notice pay (£3,547.60) and constructive unfair dismissal (basic and compensatory award including a 25 % ACAS uplift). A total of £71,051.82 was awarded.
Employers who do not take part in the proceedings risk, in addition to whistleblower compensation, an uplift for failing to follow the ACAS Code of Practice.
How managers handle internal reports
- Authority / court
- Employment Tribunal
- Area of law
- Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
- Legal basis
- Employment Rights Act 1996, s. 47B (Benachteiligung wegen geschützter Offenlegung); konstruktive unfaire Kündigung; wrongful dismissal
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 22 Jul 2026
Original amount 71,051.82 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Jun 2026.
- R Ashwell v Sonus Public Relations Ltd: 2404668/2024 Court decision
- R Ashwell v Sonus Public Relations Ltd: 2404668/2024 – Urteil (PDF) Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Apr 2026 Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School)AA and BSM driving schools: 4.2 million GBP for drip pricing – CMA's first consumer fine €4.83m
For online bookings, the driving schools only showed a mandatory booking fee at checkout instead of in the initial price. Following an admission and settlement, the CMA imposed a penalty of 4.2 million GBP (40 % discount on 7 million GBP) and ordered refunds of more than 760,000 GBP to more than 80,000 customers.
Mandatory fees must be included from the very first price – in the United Kingdom, the CMA has been able to impose fines for this itself since 2025.
Price disclosures and mandatory fees at online checkout
- Authority / court
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission and early settlement (40 % discount).
- Published
- 15 Apr 2026
Original amount 4,200,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Apr 2026.
- CMA orders the AA and BSM driving schools to refund learner drivers over drip pricing Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Mar 2026 3R Technology UK Ltd3R Technology UK: penalty for exporting contaminated plastic waste despite prohibition €164,216
From 2022 to 2025, the company exported containers of supposedly clean plastic that was in fact contaminated with electronic waste such as cables and circuit boards; in some cases, the waste was hidden at the back of the container, and further containers were shipped despite prohibition notices from August 2024. The company and its director pleaded guilty to 16 counts: a fine of 80,000 GBP, 45,000 GBP in costs and a 2,000 GBP surcharge for the company; 120 hours of community service, 15,000 GBP in costs and a 114 GBP surcharge for the director.
Incorrectly declared waste exports are detected during port inspections; those who ignore regulatory prohibitions also risk the personal conviction of management.
Correct classification and declaration of waste for export
- Authority / court
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Vorschriften zur grenzüberschreitenden Abfallverbringung (Notifizierung und Zustimmung); Verstoß gegen Untersagungsverfügungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Liability of senior managers
- Director Yulin Wang personally sentenced to 120 hours of community service, 15,000 GBP in costs and a 114 GBP surcharge.
- Published
- 2 Apr 2026
Original amount 142,114 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Mar 2026.
- Lancashire company and director fined for illegal exports Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Oct 2025 Capita plc und Capita Pension Solutions LimitedICO: £14 million against Capita after ransomware attack affecting 6.6 million people €16.1m
In March 2023, an employee unintentionally downloaded malicious files; although an alert was triggered after ten minutes, the device was only isolated after 58 hours. Attackers stole around one terabyte of data on 6.6 million people (including pension data and criminal record information). Fines imposed by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): £8 million against Capita plc and £6 million against Capita Pension Solutions.
Security alerts need binding response times and an adequately staffed SOC – known vulnerabilities must be remedied across the group.
Handling malicious downloads and security alerts
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- UK GDPR Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- £45 million had provisionally been proposed; reduced, among other things, for security improvements, credit monitoring for those affected and cooperation with authorities and the NCSC.
- Published
- 15 Oct 2025
Original amount 14,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Oct 2025.
- Capita fined £14m for data breach affecting over 6m people Press release of an authority
- ICO Enforcement: Capita plc Enforcement database of an authority
- ICO Monetary Penalty Notice: Capita plc and Capita Pension Solutions Limited Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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14 Apr 2025 DPP Law LtdICO: £60,000 against law firm DPP Law over hack and late notification €69,458
In 2022, attackers used brute force to penetrate the law firm's network via a rarely used administrator account without MFA and stole 32 GB of highly sensitive data, which appeared on the dark web. The firm only learned of this from the National Crime Agency and reported the incident to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) only 43 days later.
Even small law firms need MFA on admin accounts and a reporting process that meets the 72-hour deadline.
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- UK GDPR Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32 Abs. 1 und 2, Art. 33 Abs. 1
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- negligent
- Published
- 16 Apr 2025
Original amount 60,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Apr 2025.
- Law firm fined £60,000 following cyber attack Press release of an authority
- ICO Enforcement: DPP Law Ltd Enforcement database of an authority
- ICO Monetary Penalty Notice: DPP Law Ltd Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link