Amazon Fined $886M for Alleged Data Breach

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Amazon was fined $886.6 million for violating European Union data protection privacy regulations  by Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection, according to BBC.

Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that went into effect in May 2018, organizations are required to ask permission before accessing customers’ personal data, which apparently Amazon didn’t. According to a filing by Amazon with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States on Friday, the fine was given by Luxembourg’s data protection authority, commonly known as the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD). 

The following is an official statement issued by Amazon in reaction to the CNPD’s decision: “We believe the CNPD’s decision to be without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously in this matter.” 

Amazon has stated that it intends to vigorously …

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