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Amazon fined for 'excessively intrusive' surveillance of its workers in France
France's data protection watchdog found the tech giant's practices breached workers' rights, fining Amazon a hefty €32 million.
France's data protection watchdog found the tech giant's practices breached workers' rights, fining Amazon a hefty €32 million. The watchdog also found that Amazon's practices breached the EU's general data protection regulation (GDPR) which imposes strict rules on companies for obtaining consent on how personal information is used. Amazon says such efficiency would be impossible without the use of the scanners, as it aims to move tens of thousands of items constantly whilst also ensuring minimum quality standards.
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