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Amazon French Warehouses Unit Fined 32 Million Euros

Amazon France Logistique monitored the performance of employees through data from scanners used by the staff to process packages, according to France's data protection agency. (Credit: AFP)

France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Amazon's French warehouse management unit 32 million euros ($34.9 million) for an "excessively intrusive" surveillance system to monitor staff performance.

Amazon France Logistique monitored the performance of employees through data from scanners used by the staff to process packages, according to the agency, known by its initials CNIL.

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