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Amazon faces EUR170 million French fine for GDPR violation over workplace surveillance (update*)

By Matthew Newman ( September 14, 2023, 15:56 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon is facing a fine of 170 million euros in France for violating EU data protection rules by collecting “massive” amount of workers’ data that wasn’t “necessary and proportionate” to evaluate their productivity at warehouses, an official at the French data protection authority said today. During a separate hearing, Groupe Canal Plus is facing a fine of 750,000 euros for violating EU privacy rules by failing to seek users’ consent before sending them e-mails seeking subscriptions to the paid television service.Amazon is facing a fine of 170 million euros ($181 million) in France for violating EU data protection rules by collecting “massive” amount of workers’ data that wasn’t “necessary and proportionate” to evaluate their productivity at warehouses, an official at the French data protection authority said today....

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