Luxembourg’s CNPD has hit Amazon with a $888m fine for violating GDPR but the company plans to appeal the decision.
Amazon is facing the largest fine levied by the European Union to date after being hit with a €746m ($888m) penalty for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR). As reported by Bloomberg, the ecommerce giant was fined by Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) earlier this month over how it allegedly processed personal data in a way that violated GDPR. While reporting its second quarter earnings in a 10-Q filing recently submitted to the SEC, Amazon said that the CNPD’s decision is “without merit”. The company also provided further details on the situation in a statement, saying: “There has been no data breach, and no customer data has been exposed to any third party.
