Melanie Ptok reports:
A Luxembourg court has ordered Amazon to pay a €746 million fine imposed for data protection breaches by the national data watchdog, throwing out an appeal brought by the online retail giant.
The administrative court dismissed the appeal against the penalty in a hearing on Tuesday, still the second-largest ever imposed since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in 2018.
The complaints against Amazon originated in France, where 10,000 online users organised by a digital rights advocacy group complained that even though the company declares the data they collect and how they process it, they do not explicitly ask for consent for processing. The case was taken up by Luxembourg’s CNPD because it is the site of Amazon’s European headquarters.
Read more at Luxembourg Times.