It is reported that Amazon's senior management knew the fact that '4700 employees of the company are increasing sales due to unauthorized access'

by Mike Seyfang

On April 30, 2021, POLITICO, an American news media specializing in politics, said, '4700 Amazon employees gained unauthorized access to sales data of a third-party company that is classified as confidential, and the company's executives also made it. He reported that he had obtained an internal document stating that he was aware of it.

Amazon knew seller data was used to boost company sales – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/amazon-seller-data-company-sales/

According to an internal audit report dated 2015 obtained by POLITICO, 4,700 of Amazon employees involved in selling their products had unauthorized access to sales data from third-party vendors. The issue has been going on for at least five years, as the report states that a similar issue was pointed out in the previous internal audit report compiled in 2010, and Amazon's senior management said. You knew that.

Amazon has long been accused of 'using marketplace sales data for product development, ' and Jeff Bezos said at a hearing held by the U.S. Congress in 2020. We cannot guarantee that you have not violated your own policy. ' Therefore, POLITICO pointed out, 'It became clear in this internal document why Bezos said that something was caught in his teeth.'

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says 'We can't guarantee that we haven't violated our policies'-GIGAZINE

A 2010 report reported that Amazon's internal permissions weren't properly restricted, allowing unauthorized employees to view and edit sales data. In addition, according to the 2015 report obtained by POLITICO this time , one of the vendor managers fraudulently checked the inventory of the vendor and operated the shopping cart box (the seller's name is displayed under the product name). I also understood that I was going.

This technique, which is called 'spoofing access' inside Amazon, is said to have been ready for use by Amazon employees around the world, including China. A former Amazon employee who testified to POLITICO on condition of anonymity said, 'Amazon had a system that would allow enthusiastic employees to acquire data that they shouldn't have.'

In the United States, where market monopoly by large companies like Amazon is a problem, the aforementioned hearing was held in July 2020, the antitrust subcommittee is conducting an investigation into Amazon, and in November The EU's European Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amazon for antitrust violations. In addition, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has taken a stance of keeping pace with Europe and the United States.

Japan Fair Trade Commission announces that 'Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon will be closely monitored with the United States and the EU' --GIGAZINE