Amazon fined for ‘extreme’ surveillance of staff

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Amazon has been fined €32m (£27m) in France for “excessive” surveillance of its staff, together with measures the information watchdog discovered to be unlawful.

The CNIL mentioned Amazon France Logistique, which manages warehouses, recorded knowledge captured by staff’ handheld scanners.

It discovered Amazon tracked exercise so exactly, it led to staff having to probably justify every break.

This, the CNIL mentioned, was unlawful whereas it additionally questioned why Amazon wanted to maintain staff’ knowledge for 31 days.

France’s knowledge safety company investigated Amazon warehouses following complaints by staff in addition to media protection of situations.

The BBC has approached Amazon for remark.

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