Amazon hit with $886 million EU data privacy fine

[July 30, 2021]  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been hit with an $886.55 million (746 million euro) European Union fine for processing personal data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the e-commerce giant said on Friday.

The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) imposed the fine on Amazon Europe Core in a July 16 decision, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing. (https://bit.ly/2TLIZQ8)

($1 = 0.8415 euros)

(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)

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