Amazon Given Record $888 Million EU Fine for Data Privacy Breach
Luxembourg watchdog wields new powers with highest data fine. Fine follows probe based on complaint by French privacy group. Amazon.com Inc. faces the biggest ever European Union fine for a data privacy breach as its lead watchdog hit it with a 746 million-euro penalty for violating the bloc’s tough data protection rules.The Luxembourg data protection authority’s decision on July 16 was disclosed in a regulatory filing by Amazon on Friday. The decision said Amazon’s “processing of personal data