32 million euros.
This is the amount of the fine received by Amazon France Logistics.
The American giant has been singled out by the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (Cnil) for “having set up an excessively intrusive system for monitoring the activity and performance of employees”.
ℹ️🔴 The CNIL sanctions AMAZON FRANCE LOGISTIQUE with a fine of 32 million euros, in particular for having set up an excessively intrusive #monitoring system for the activity and performance of employees 👉https://t.co/OPxjqboAbz pic.twitter.com/HFk4fGysSI
— CNIL (@CNIL) January 23, 2024
In a press release, the CNIL explains in particular that “indicators measuring the inactivity times of employee scanners” greater than ten minutes or the rate of processing of packages “to the nearest second” had been put in place.
For the CNIL, the collection of data by scanners used by warehouse employees to process packages constitutes an “excessive activity and performance monitoring system”.
The fine is equivalent to around 3% of the French company's turnover.
A sanction “almost unprecedented on the percentage of turnover”, she underlined, the maximum incurred being 4%.