Amazon France Logistique monitors employee performance using data from scanners used to process packages.
Amazon’s French warehouse division has been fined €32 million in France for its “overly intrusive” staff monitoring system. This was reported by France24.
The National Committee for the Protection of Personal Data (CNIL) said Amazon France Logistique monitored the work of employees, including using data from scanners used by staff to process parcels.
Scanners notify management of inactivity for more than 10 minutes or processing parcels with an accuracy of up to a second. One of the monitoring methods is also using the system to determine if items are being scanned “too quickly”, ie in less than 1.25 seconds.
The CNIL noted that workers are under constant pressure and are forced to regularly justify their absence. Even the time interval between employees entering the warehouse and starting work is regulated.
Moreover, the committee also questioned why the company needed to store employee data for 31 days.
Amazon representatives said they strongly disagree with the CNIL’s findings. The company will appeal. At the same time, Amazon agreed to turn off monitoring systems for the speed of processing goods, and also increase the downtime warning from 10 to 30 minutes.
Let’s remember that in Russia, a subsidiary of Amazon was fined more than 200 million rubles for operating in the country without a branch. In Spain, Apple and Amazon were fined 194.15 million euros for anti-competitive actions in the online market.
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