Amazon has wrongly shared the knowledge of its customers – News Technology – Technology

Amazon confirmed that it would have shared its users' data incorrectly. The internet sales acknowledged the mistake a few days ago from the busiest time of the year.

On Wednesday, the company contacted an incredible number of customers to inform that their emails and their names were unintentionally divided due to a technical error and already corrected, adding that there was no need to change the password .

"We solve the problem and inform customers that could be affected", Amazon said in an email.

On the possibility of demand, Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said "if Amazon is going to be investigated and sanctioned for its error, it will depend on each of the territories where his customers live ".

In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has been reluctant to investigate potential breach of privacy, but the European Union is likely to investigate fines and apply fines if part of the shared data corresponds to clients in its jurisdiction, according to Rotenberg.

"According to the European approach, this would clearly break a fundamental obligation on data protection," he added.

Amazon had to offer more information about the problem and advise their customers to keep a warning about possible phishing cases by e-mail, says Andy Norton, director of the cybersecurity company Lastline.

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