Amazon investigates claims that employees sold confidential data

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) employees use privileged access to third-party seller data on its platform to determine which of the company's label products to launch, the Wall Street Journal read more.....»»

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File Amazon fired multiple employees over leaking customer information including email addresses and phone numbers, Business Insider.....»»

The employees were fired after accessing users' data in a way that “exceeded what was necessary for their job functions,” an Amazon official said......»»

The employees were fired after accessing users' data in a way that “exceeded what was necessary for their job," an Amazon official said......»»

Ring Home security camera maker Ring has fired four employees for abusing access to customer data, the Amazon-owned company told lawmakers Monday. Ring reported that it had received four complaints in the past four years.....»»

Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Facebook employees regularly discussed how to make special exceptions to the company's policies on data-sharing in order to hobble its c.....»»

In 2018, lost-time claims reported by Houston area businesses grew by 18 percent, according to data compiled by Texas Mutual. To help Houston employers keep their employees and businesses safe, Texas Mutual recently analyzed which types of injuries.....»»

EBay Inc. is suing three Amazon.com Inc. employees who it claims worked to illegally recruit its third-party sellers, the latest twist in a nearly yearlong tussle between the e-commerce competitors......»»

Data handed over by the company comes from several sources,including Amazon's Echo voice assistant, Alexa, its e-reader, the Kindle, and even its home security devices sold by Ring......»»

‘We’ll give you a little bit of our data in exchange for a paycheck.’.....»»

Oracle Corp. stepped up its attack on Amazon Web Services in a court filing, claiming the Seattle company promised bonuses and jobs to three Pentagon employees who were handling the government’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure proj.....»»

The latest court action comes weeks after the Pentagon eliminated Oracle and IBM from the bidding because they didn’t meet minimum criteria. At least two Pentagon employees w.....»»

An Amazon.com Inc. team auditing Alexa users’ commands has access to location data and can, in some cases, easily find a customer’s home address, according to five employees familiar with the program......»»

Tesla says four former workers forwarded confidential documents from their work email accounts to personal addresses......»»

Tesla says four former workers forwarded confidential documents from their work email accounts to personal addresses......»»

The EPFO has shut down the website, urging the CSC to secure the confidential data of employees.....»»

Confidential data from one of the Aadhaar-seeding portals of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been stolen by hackers.....»»

Google Google outsold Amazon in smart speaker sales for the first time last quarter, according to new data from analytics firm Canalys.  Google sold 3.2 million Google Home and Google Hom.....»»

Intel's restructuring — which included 12,000 layoffs since 2016 — is being investigated for possible age discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is looking into claims by former employees who say the Santa Clara, Calif.-ba.....»»

Amazon, which was listed with more employees receiving food assistance than all but 16 employers in Washington state, called the figures "misleading.".....»»