Amazon faces £635 million fine for GDPR violations

Tom Allen
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It's the largest GDPR fine the bloc has ever handed out for data protection reasons

Amazon is facing a €746 million (£635 million) fine for violating EU data protection rules - a decision it says is 'without merit'. CNPD, the Luxembourg data regulator, handed Amazon the fine on...

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