France fines Amazon €32 million over employee surveillance
- France's data protection agency, CNIL, has fined Amazon's French warehouses unit €32 million for its "excessively intrusive" surveillance system that breached EU privacy rules.
- The system, known as a "stow machine gun," tracked employee performance to the nearest second and required justification for every break or interruption, violating EU regulations.
- CNIL also criticized Amazon for keeping employee data too long and not adequately informing workers about the surveillance. Amazon plans to adjust the system in response.
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La Francia multa Amazon per 32 milioni di euro per il “monitoraggio eccessivamente invasivo del personale del magazzino”. La sanzione è stata emessa il 27 dicembre scorso e pubblicata pochi giorni fa dalla Commissione nazionale dell’informatica e delle libertà (CNIL), l’autorità francese incaricata di assicurare la tutela dei dati personali in Francia. Secondo la CNIL, Amazon France Logistique esercitava un “eccessivo controllo delle performance…
Amazon's French warehouses fined €32 million over employee surveillance
France's data protection agency said Tuesday that it had fined Amazon's French warehouses unit 32 million euros for an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system to keep track of staff performance.
CNIL imposes €32 mn fine on Amazon France Logistique over employee surveillance
French regulatory body CNIL has levied a hefty fine of €32 million ($35 million) on Amazon France Logistique, citing an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system designed to monitor staff performance. This is based on a Reuters report.
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France fines Amazon $35 million for ‘excessively intrusive’ monitoring of warehouse staff - Boston News, Weather, Sports
PARIS (AP) — France’s privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it slapped Amazon ‘s French warehouse business with a 32 million euro fine ($35 million) for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity. The French Data Protection Authority, also known by its acronym CNIL, said the system allowed managers at Amazon France Logistique to track employees so closely that it resulted in multiple breaches of the European …
France fines Amazon $35 million for ’excessively intrusive’ monitoring of warehouse staff
PARIS (AP) — France’s privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it slapped Amazon’s French warehouse business with a 32 million euro fine ($35 million) for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity.
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