The European Union is colloquially enquire how Amazon utilise the data point it collects from third - political party sellers host on its website , Europe ’s antimonopoly chief said Wednesday .
Amazon openly pick up data from its vender and is lawfully allow to use that selective information to improve its service . The interrogative raised by EU regulator , however , is whether Amazon is order third - party merchants at an unjust disadvantage by analyzing their sales in an travail to promote Amazon ’s own profits .
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager emphasized on Wednesday that no formal case has been opened and that the probe is in its “ very early days . ”
“ We are gather information on the issue and we have sent quite a act of questionnaire to market participants in club to understand this exit in full , ” enounce Vestager , point of the EU ’s contest commission .
Vestager tell reporters the issue revolved around major platform hosting sellers on their platform while simultaneously competing against them .
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Asked Vestager : “ If you as Amazon get the data from the small-scale merchants that you host — which can be of course completely legitimate because you’re able to improve your divine service to these smaller merchant — do you then also use this data to do your own calculations as to what is the new vainglorious thing , what is it that people desire , what kind of offers do they like to receive , what bring in them buy things ? ”
Amazon declined Gizmodo ’s petition to comment .
Vestager is oftentimes - referred to as “ the woman Silicon Valley fears , ” a rubric propelled by a pair of antimonopoly fines she impose last year on Alphabet Inc ’s Google , totaling roughly $ 7.7 billion .
Considered a dominant gateway for EU consumer traffic , Google was accused and fin for manipulating its search results to disadvantage competitors via its shopping comparison service . It was afterward fin again for similarly using its Android operating arrangement to stifle competition . ( Google rejects and is appealing both mulct . )
Last October , Vestager ’s delegation ordered Luxembourg to recoup$300 million in taxesfrom Amazon , a decision reject by both Amazon and Luxembourg , the latter of which was accused of illegally lower the party ’s tax charge per unit .
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