The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has issued a fine to Amazon France Logistique, the warehouse service provider for Amazon, for collecting excessive work-related data. CNIL identified three points of unnecessary and illegal data collection: 1) excessively scanning product data leading to errors, 2) not scanning products for more than 10 minutes, causing data gaps, and 3) slow work performance data. CNIL states that employers can assess overall work efficiency without the need to collect data at this minute level, and such data collection leads to workers having to provide explanations for even short pauses in work.
Moreover, CNIL highlights that the employee evaluation process also involves the unnecessary use of past data from the previous month. Managers can already observe on-the-job performance, and if there is a need for historical data, it should be used on a weekly basis.
This announcement also addresses other reasons for the penalty, including failure to inform employees and visitors about the presence of surveillance cameras and mishandling of shared passwords for the CCTV system.
TLDR: The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has fined Amazon France Logistique for collecting excessive work-related data, such as over-scanning products and slow work performance. CNIL states that employers can assess overall work efficiency without minute-level data collection, which causes workers to provide unnecessary explanations. CNIL also criticizes the use of unnecessary historical data and mishandling of surveillance camera information.
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