Amazon fined for 'excessive' surveillance of workers - BBC News

The online retail giant was found to be keeping detailed data on employee working patterns.

51 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Sam GruetBusiness reporter, BBC NewsAmazon has been fined €32m (£27m) in France for "excessive" surveillance of its workers, including measures the data watchdog found to be illegal.

The CNIL said Amazon France Logistique, which manages warehouses, recorded data captured by workers' handheld scanners.

It found Amazon tracked activity so precisely that it led to workers having to potentially justify each break.

Amazon said it strongly disagreed with the CNIL's findings and called them "factually incorrect".

France's data protection agency investigated Amazon warehouses following complaints by employees as well as media coverage of conditions.

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