ZDNet.com 12/05/00
Privacy Groups: Shut Amazon down!
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by Will Knight
ZDNet (UK)
Online bookseller Amazon.co.uk has admitted it is unable to comply with UK
data protection laws, according to civil rights campaign group Privacy
International.
Privacy International -- which has brought a joint action with another
privacy group, Junkbusters, against the online giant -- is calling for the
Internet retailer to be shut down until it can guarantee privacy for
customers.
Director of Privacy International Simon Davies says that when challenged,
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) confirmed it is unable to supply customers with their
personal data or have that data deleted, as required by the Data Protection
Act.
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