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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 levelWhat for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Health and safety and employment law 10 cases 24 % · €1.57m
- Environment and sustainability 10 cases 24 % · €66.1m
- Money laundering and terrorist financing 6 cases 14 % · €108.8m
- Data protection 4 cases 10 % ·
- Capital markets and financial supervision 3 cases 7 % · €2.16m
- Consumer protection and online retail 3 cases 7 % · €28.5m
- Competition law 2 cases 5 % ·
- Sanctions and export control 2 cases 5 % ·
- Other 2 cases 5 % · €32,646
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
- Steel and metals 8 cases 19 % · €65.1m
- Other 5 cases 12 % · €2.26m
- Retail and e-commerce 4 cases 10 % · €2.36m
- Food and agriculture 4 cases 10 % · €342,224
- Media and online platforms 4 cases 10 % · €26.3m
- Financial services and insurance 3 cases 7 % · €108.9m
- Construction and real estate 2 cases 5 % · €338,889
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals 2 cases 5 % · €1.31m
- Energy and utilities 2 cases 5 % · €176,633
- Healthcare 2 cases 5 % · €40,151
- 4 more6 cases
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 1 | €2.28m |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | €272,982 |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | €136,295 |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | €2.22m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 2 | €243,869 |
| Q1 2025 | 3 | €1.63m |
| Q2 2025 | 2 | €159,285 |
| Q3 2025 | 4 | €141,557 |
| Q4 2025 | 4 | €108.3m |
| Q1 2026 | 8 | €25.8m |
| Q2 2026 | 9 | €64.8m |
| Q3 2026 | 6 | €1.21m |
42 cases
24 Sep 2026 Kalibrate Canada (Tochter der Kalibrate Technologies Ltd.)Canada: Kalibrate must stop sharing retailer-specific petrol station data Order
Kalibrate's "Market Intelligence" product passed on retailer-specific sales data from petrol stations that allowed conclusions to be drawn about competitors and could facilitate coordinated pricing behaviour. In an agreement registered with the Competition Tribunal, Kalibrate undertakes to supply only aggregated and time-delayed data – the first case under the reformed abuse of dominance rules.
Providers of market and price data must ensure that their products do not disseminate individualised competitor data.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Abuse-of-dominance-Bestimmungen des Competition Act (Fassung 2023)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
- Competition Bureau secures agreement with Kalibrate to protect competition in the retail gas industry Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Sep 2026 Algoma Steel Inc.Algoma Steel: 1.2 million CAD fine for gear oil in the St. Marys River €747,710
In June 2022, a gear oil tank overflowed at the steelworks in Sault Ste. Marie; an estimated 1,000 to 1,250 litres of oil entered the St. Marys River, harmful to fish and migratory birds. The company pleaded guilty to two counts and is paying 1.2 million CAD into the Environmental Damages Fund; its name is listed in the Environmental Offenders Registry.
Even small tank overflows near watercourses lead to fines in the millions – overfill protection and containment systems are mandatory.
Filling and monitoring oil tanks
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice, Sault Ste. Marie (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act, Subsection 36(3); Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, Subsection 5.1(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 11 Sep 2026
Original amount 1,200,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2026.
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27 Aug 2026 Maple Lodge Farms Ltd.Poultry processor Maple Lodge Farms: CA$500,000 after CO2 leak without gas detection system €309,578
In March 2024, a CO2 hose on a vacuum mixer ruptured in the deli area of the plant in Brampton; around 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide escaped and one worker suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no CO2 sensor with an alarm. Following a guilty plea, a fine of CA$500,000 plus a 25 % victim fine surcharge.
Wherever refrigerant or inert gases are used in quantity, a gas detection system is part of the basic equipment.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; permanently installed CO2 sensor after the incident.
- Published
- 27 Aug 2026
Original amount 500,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2026.
- Carbon Dioxide-Related Injury Results in $500,000 Fine for Brampton Food Manufacturer (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Aug 2026 Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLCFederal Court: cargo airline Volga-Dnepr remains on Canadian sanctions list Order
The Russian cargo airline had been added to the list of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations in April 2023; the Minister of Foreign Affairs rejected the application for delisting. The Federal Court (2026 FC 1048) dismissed the application for judicial review: the Minister had not exercised her broad discretion unreasonably, and there was no procedural error.
Listed logistics partners often remain listed for years – anyone buying air freight must continuously screen carriers and parent companies against sanctions lists.
Listings of transport service providers in partner screening
- Authority / court
- Federal Court (2026 FC 1048); Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Special Economic Measures Act; Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations, SOR/2014-58, ss. 2(a), 8
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2026 Nova Scotia Gaming CorporationFINTRAC: 231,826 CAD against Nova Scotia Gaming over missing suspicious transaction reports €144,584
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 231,826 CAD on the Halifax gaming corporation (casino sector) because it failed to file suspicious transaction reports on attempted transactions despite reasonable grounds for suspicion, did not keep its compliance policies up to date and approved by a senior officer, and did not assess the money laundering risk as required. The penalty was paid in full.
Even aborted or merely attempted transactions can be reportable – cashier staff must know this.
Suspicious transaction reports even for merely attempted transactions
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 231,826 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Jul 2026 Colonial Farms Ltd.Colonial Farms: CFIA administrative monetary penalty of 11,000 CAD under SFCR s. 88 €6,852
On 15 July 2026, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) imposed an administrative monetary penalty of 11,000 CAD on the company in Western Canada for a violation of s. 88 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. An earlier penalty under the same provision from May 2025 was set aside in review proceedings.
Companies that do not eliminate the cause after a first penalty risk repeat penalties and stricter supervision.
- Authority / court
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, s. 88
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
Original amount 11,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Jul 2026.
- CFIA – Administrative monetary penalties (Notices of violation) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2026 Ideal Supply Inc.Ladder fall in warehouse: industrial supplies distributor pays CA$70,000 €43,239
At the warehouse and distribution centre in Listowel (around 130 employees at the site), a worker fell around 1.2 m while climbing down a ladder at high-bay racking. He had not been adequately informed, instructed and supervised on the safe use of ladders. Fine of CA$70,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Even everyday tasks such as working from ladders at racking require documented instruction – otherwise there is no evidence whatsoever if an incident occurs.
Safe use of ladders in the warehouse
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Stratford (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Sections 25(2)(a), 66(1) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 8 Jul 2026
Original amount 70,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2026 St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonHamilton hospital: CA$65,000 after injury caused by known centrifuge defect €40,151
In the teaching hospital's virology laboratory, the lid of a centrifuge fell on an employee who had to hold it open by hand because of a defective gas spring; she was seriously injured. Maintenance reports from 2023 and 2024 had already called for the spring to be replaced. Fine of CA$65,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
A defect documented in maintenance reports that is not remedied makes every subsequent accident foreseeable – defective equipment must be taken out of use.
Reporting defective equipment and taking it out of service
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Hamilton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(1)(b) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; repair two days after the accident.
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
Original amount 65,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Fined $65,000 for Workplace Injury (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
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22 May 2026 Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited; GrainsConnect Canada Operations Inc.Canada: grain elevator must be sold in the takeover of GrainsConnect Order
The planned acquisition of GrainsConnect by Parrish & Heimbecker would have reduced competition for the purchase of wheat from farmers around Reford (Saskatchewan). The Competition Bureau reached an agreement under which P&H must divest the grain elevator in Reford to an approved buyer and continue to operate it normally until then.
Merger control also has local effects: even a single site can trigger a divestiture requirement.
- Authority / court
- Competition Bureau Canada (Consent Agreement beim Competition Tribunal)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Competition Act (Kanada), Fusionskontrolle
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 22 May 2026
- Competition Bureau reaches agreement to protect competition for grain farmers in Saskatchewan Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 May 2026 ArcelorMittal Exploitation Minière Canada s.e.n.c.ArcelorMittal mining subsidiary in Québec: 100 million CAD fine for acidic mine effluent €62.5m
From May 2014 to May 2022, acidic effluent, effluent with elevated zinc, nickel or suspended solids content, and effluent that was acutely lethal to fish entered fish-bearing waters from the Mont-Wright mining complex and the Fire Lake mine in the Fermont region. The company pleaded guilty to 100 counts; the fine of 100 million CAD goes almost entirely to the Environmental Damages Fund, and an action plan on wastewater management must also be submitted by mid-February 2027.
Long-standing exceedances of limit values add up to hundreds of individual offences; effluent monitoring must lead to immediate corrective action.
- Authority / court
- Court of Québec (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act, Subsection 36(3)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 15 May 2026
Original amount 100,000,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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8 May 2026 Stan Bharti und Neil Said (ehem. CEOs der Medivolve Inc.)Medivolve: former CEOs conceal their own share allocation – sanctions running into millions €1.71m
The former CEOs Stan Bharti and Neil Said failed to ensure that Medivolve disclosed that they had received millions of shares in the acquisition of Amino Therapeutics in April 2020; the financial disclosures omitted this related-party transaction. Under the approved settlement: Bharti 785,000 CAD penalty and 915,000 CAD disgorgement, Said 200,000 CAD penalty and 854,000 CAD disgorgement, in each case plus costs.
Transactions in which board members themselves receive shares must be disclosed – and those responsible are personally liable.
- Authority / court
- Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario) auf Antrag der Ontario Securities Commission
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
- Legal basis
- Securities Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c S.5, s. 129.2
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Liability of senior managers
- Stan Bharti (CEO/Director): 785,000 CAD penalty, 915,000 CAD disgorgement, 50,000 CAD costs, permanent officer-and-director bar; Neil Said (CEO): 200,000 CAD penalty, 854,000 CAD disgorgement, 46,000 CAD costs, 5-year officer-and-director bar
Original amount 2,754,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 May 2026.
- Order: Ontario Securities Commission v Bharti Court decision
- Oral Reasons for Approval of Settlements: Ontario Securities Commission v Bharti Court decision
- Settlement Agreement: Ontario Securities Commission and Stan Bharti (10 April 2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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8 May 2026 Transport Desgagnés Inc.Transport Desgagnés: 40,000 CAD because a tanker entered an Arctic protected area without a permit €24,902
The tanker M/T Sarah Desgagnés, operated by the company, entered the Akpait National Wildlife Area in Nunavut on 29 September and 6 October 2024 without the required access permit. The Nunavut Court of Justice imposed 40,000 CAD for the Environmental Damages Fund; the company must publish a notice in a local newspaper and is listed in the Environmental Offenders Registry.
Protected area boundaries belong in every vessel's voyage planning; missing access permits are prosecuted even in remote areas.
Protected areas in voyage planning and bridge practice
- Authority / court
- Nunavut Court of Justice (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability
- Legal basis
- Wildlife Area Regulations (Canada Wildlife Act), Paragraph 3.3(1)(h)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Published
- 8 May 2026
Original amount 40,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 May 2026.
- Transport Desgagnés Inc. fined $40,000 for Canada Wildlife Act violations in Nunavut Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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7 May 2026 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)Privacy Commissioner: Canada's tax authority CRA must strengthen protection against account takeovers Other
Since 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has experienced more than 42,000 individual breaches in which unauthorised persons accessed tax accounts or changed data in order to redirect benefits. In a special report to Parliament, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada criticised, among other things, the delayed introduction of mandatory MFA and incomplete incident recording, and made nine recommendations, eight of which were accepted in full and one in part.
Online accounts with payment functions need mandatory strong authentication and complete recording of incidents.
- Authority / court
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Privacy Act (Kanada)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Public sector
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 7 May 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2026 12066424 Canada Inc.Temporary staffing agency and director: CA$150,000 over unpaid wages €93,832
Following complaints, the labour inspectorate found, among other things, outstanding minimum wages at the temporary staffing agency in Leamington; an audit for 2022 showed that hundreds of employees were owed a total of CA$234,212 in regular wages, public holiday pay and vacation pay. The company and its director did not comply with the 2023 orders to pay; in proceedings held in their absence, the court imposed CA$100,000 on the company and CA$50,000 on the director (plus victim fine surcharge).
Companies that ignore regulatory orders to pay outstanding wages risk not only a corporate fine but also personal liability for management.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Windsor (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 103(8), 106, 132, 136
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Director Son-Van Duong personally fined CA$50,000.
- Published
- 3 Jun 2026
Original amount 150,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Apr 2026.
- Temporary Help Agency and Director Fined $150,000 Total for Failing to Pay Wages (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
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15 Apr 2026 Liquidnet Canada Inc.Liquidnet Canada: confidential order data passed on to unauthorised persons €369,572
The operator of alternative trading systems passed on confidential order and trading information from its fixed income and equity platforms to unauthorised employees, lacked adequate safeguards and was initially not forthcoming with the regulator. Sanctions: administrative penalty of 600,000 CAD, 75,000 CAD in costs, a reprimand and an external review.
Technically restrict access rights to confidential client data and review them regularly – and make complete reports to the regulator.
Need-to-know principle and protection of confidential trading data
- Authority / court
- Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario) auf Antrag der Ontario Securities Commission
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- National Instrument 21-101, s. 5.10(1)-(3); Securities Act (Ontario) ss. 127(1), 127.1
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation, self-report, no prior record
Original amount 600,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Apr 2026.
- Oral Reasons for Approval of a Settlement: Ontario Securities Commission v Liquidnet Canada Inc Court decision
- Proceeding: Ontario Securities Commission v Liquidnet Canada Inc Official register or notice
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27 Mar 2026 13010431 Canada Inc. (Necosmart)FINTRAC: 693,742 CAD against crypto service provider Necosmart over missing suspicious transaction reports €434,295
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 693,742.50 CAD on the Edmonton money services business, which also exchanges virtual currencies, for five violations: repeated failure to file suspicious transaction reports, lack of written compliance policies, insufficient enhanced measures for high-risk transactions, lack of a risk assessment and incomplete records of occupation and transactions for crypto exchanges.
Small crypto exchange offices need the same basic framework as banks: risk analysis, policies, enhanced scrutiny and reporting.
Recognising and reporting grounds for suspicion in crypto exchange
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 14 May 2026
Original amount 693,742.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Mar 2026.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on 13010431 Canada Inc. Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
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11 Mar 2026 Birks Group Inc.FINTRAC: jeweller Birks sanctioned over missing risk assessment and compliance review €32,755
The nationwide jewellery chain (a dealer in precious metals and stones) received a penalty of 51,562.50 CAD from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) because written compliance policies were lacking or not applied, the money laundering risk was not assessed and documented, and the prescribed two-yearly effectiveness review was not carried out. Birks has appealed to the Federal Court.
Jewellers, too, must maintain a documented compliance programme with a risk assessment and regular effectiveness reviews.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 5 May 2026
Original amount 51,562.5 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Mar 2026.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Birks Group Inc. Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
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5 Mar 2026 Loblaw Companies LimitedOPC: Loblaw must change retention of PC Optimum data after account deletion Other
During a wave of boycotts in 2024, Loblaw did not process deletion requests in time and retained purchase and usage data from the loyalty programme (more than 17 million members) even after accounts were closed, without demonstrating effective anonymisation. Loblaw undertook to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) to have the anonymisation independently reviewed and to carry out annual deletions.
Companies that continue to use data as anonymous after account deletion must be able to demonstrate the re-identification risk – IP addresses are often enough to link data to a person.
- Authority / court
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- PIPEDA
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 5 Mar 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Feb 2026 Fraser Health Authority, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver Coastal HealthBritish Columbia: 36 hospital staff accessed records of Lapu-Lapu Day victims without authorisation Other
Following the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival in 2025, 36 employees of three health authorities accessed patient data of 16 admitted persons without authorisation in 71 instances. Those affected were not informed without undue delay; the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC BC) made nine recommendations, including automated access monitoring and deterrent disciplinary measures.
Curiosity is no reason for access: monitor access to the records of high-profile cases in real time and sanction breaches noticeably.
Unauthorised viewing of patient records (snooping)
- Authority / court
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC BC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) BC, s. 25.1
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Appropriate safeguards were in place; the authorities responded quickly and accepted all recommendations.
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
- Investigation reveals 71 snooping incidents by 36 healthcare workers following Lapu Lapu Day tragedy Press release of an authority
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12 Feb 2026 Peter the Chef Fine Food LimitedPeter the Chef Fine Food: four CFIA penalties totalling 41,600 CAD (food safety) €25,794
On a single day, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) imposed four administrative monetary penalties on the food manufacturer in Ontario under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (s. 17(1)) and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (ss. 49, 88, 90(1)): 13,000, 11,000, 11,000 and 6,600 CAD, totalling 41,600 CAD.
Preventive controls and documentation under food safety law are sanctioned individually – several gaps quickly add up.
- Authority / court
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Safe Food for Canadians Act, s. 17(1); Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, ss. 49, 88, 90(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
Original amount 41,600 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Feb 2026.
- CFIA – Administrative monetary penalties (Notices of violation) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link