Less intentions to fine businesses that harm consumers

Less intentions to fine businesses that harm consumers: The Consumer Protection Authority summarizes its activities for 2021, and presents in the report the variety of businesses that allegedly harmed consumers in 2021, from giant chains to small businesses. The Authority also presented a decrease in notifications of billing intentions (fines) to businesses that allegedly harmed consumers - between 2020 and 2021 there was a decrease of 40% from NIS 68.4 million to NIS 39.5 million - a decrease of NIS 28.9 million. Although this is an increase in the intentions of the fine from 2019, but a decrease compared to 2018 when they stood at NIS 50.7 million. According to the authority, the decline is due to increased activity in 2020 against businesses in the financial field.
In addition, the authority, which is overseen by Adv. Michael Atlan, boasts high fines for businesses that have stung or harmed consumers, including large communications and food companies, but does not disclose in the report that most of the amounts were reduced due to damages or first offense, or by "Q, and usually publishes an amount before a reduction in a way that inflates the amounts of the fine intentions. The authority also does not disclose how many of these amounts have become intentional to actual fines, how many have been completely abolished following convincing arguments of businesses and how many have been reduced. It also does not specify how many of the businesses did end up paying the fines imposed on them.