Amazon under EU antitrust fire over use of merchant data

EU antitrust regulators will investigate Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, to see if its use of other merchants' data breaches EU antitrust rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday......»»

Amazon on Wednesday became the target of an antitrust investigation by the European Union over its use of merchants' data, underlining the increasing regulatory scrutiny over how tech companies exploit customers' information......»»

Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, could face an EU antitrust investigation within days over its use of merchants' data, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday......»»

EU regulators are quizzing merchants and others on U.S. online retailer Amazon's use of their data to discover whether there is a need for action, Europe's antitrust chief said on Wednesday......»»

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Amazon.com Inc uses "aggregated data" from sellers in its third-party marketplace to improve its overall business, the online retailer said in response to a congressional antitrust probe that could raise concerns with such sellers......»»

In a letter sent to federal lawmakers, an online merchant has accused Amazon of forcing him and other sellers to use the company’s expensive logistics services, which in turn forces them to raise prices for consumers......»»

The leaders of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said late on Tuesday that they had begun receiving data from Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Apple as part of their probe into the companies' potential breaches of antitrust law......»»

The ecommerce giant posts a nearly 1,300-word document offering its position on a smorgasbord of issues for which its come under fire......»»

The House of Representatives' antitrust panel will hold a hearing next week to discuss the effect of consumer data collection by big tech platforms, like Alphabet's Google and Amazon , on online competition......»»

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules......»»

Amazon’s data-collection is being put under the microscope.....»»

Amazon’s data-collection is being put under the microscope.....»»

Amazon’s data-collection is being put under the microscope.....»»

U.S. online retailer Amazon said on Wednesday that it would cooperate fully with EU antitrust regulators investigating its use of merchants' data......»»

Amazon has faced allegations of anti-competitive practices in recent months amid concerns that it could use sales data from its third-party platform to develop target product offerings......»»

The investigation would build on a preliminary probe into whether Amazon is misusing sales data to gain an advantage over third-party sellers on its platform......»»

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