Amazon employee fired over email data debacle

Amazon has fired an employee who shared customer email addresses with an outside seller.

This news follows reports that Amazon employees had previously sold company sales data, the email addresses of product reviewers and the ability to delete negative reviews to external parties.

Of the most recent incident, an Amazon statement read: “The individual responsible for this incident has been terminated from their position, and we are supporting law enforcement in their prosecution.”

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