The paw prints Amazon leaves on the world.
The surveillance tools used in their warehouses and delivery was not transparent enough for the regulators. The fine of €2401 has mostly a symbolic nature, but it is the first fine of the new “rider law” from 2022 that regulates platform workers such a delivery drivers. The total amount of fines for labour violations found in the end of 2024 might be around €100k by estimation of the union CCOO.
Local politicians cheer Amazon announced plans to create a 'sovereign cloud' in Germany, but critics claim it might be not so sovereign at all. After all US laws do still apply to subsidiaries of Amazon. This would mean US intelligence services could still spy on Germany and European customer's data and or even black mail Europeans. Amazon plans building data centers in Brandenburg (Germany), a region suffering from a water shortage. The investment value will be about 8 billion Euros.
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