Amazon fined in France for ‘excessive’ surveillance of workers

Amazon has been fined £27m in France for what the country’s data watchdog called ‘excessive’ surveillance of its warehouse workers (Niall Carson/PA)

Amazon has been fined €32 million in France for what the country’s data watchdog called “excessive” surveillance of its warehouse workers.

The CNIL has imposed the fine on Amazon France Logistique, which manages the e-commerce giant’s warehouses, over the data recorded by handheld scanners used by staff.