{"id":2341,"date":"2018-09-19T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/eu-wants-full-picture-on-amazon-data-use\/"},"modified":"2018-09-19T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T17:23:06","slug":"eu-wants-full-picture-on-amazon-data-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/eu-wants-full-picture-on-amazon-data-use\/","title":{"rendered":"EU wants &#8216;full picture&#8217; on Amazon data use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at a press conference in July\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/F35B\/production\/_103499226_gettyimages-1004508406.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager wants the &#8220;full picture&#8221; on Amazon&#8217;s data use<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The EU&#8217;s competition chief says she is looking into Amazon&#8217;s use of data from sellers on its site amid concerns that it might harness it to boost its own retail sales.  <\/p>\n<p>Margrethe Vestager warned of a potential conflict between the US firm&#8217;s role as both a selling platform and a retailer competing for business.<\/p>\n<p>However, she said it was &#8220;early days&#8221; and no formal case had been launched.<\/p>\n<p>Her office has sent questionnaires to merchants and others involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The question here is about the data,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/avservices\/video\/player.cfm?sitelang=en&amp;ref=I160574\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">she said at a press conference<\/a>, noting that Amazon could use insights from merchant sales to help its own retail business. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have no conclusions&#8230; We are trying to make sure that we get the full picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon, which reported sales of nearly $180bn (\u00a3137bn) last year, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation reflects growing concern about Amazon&#8217;s rising market power both in the US and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The company is a dominant player in online shopping and has a leading cloud services business, but its wide-ranging offerings also include music, logistics and advertising. <\/p>\n<p>Third party sellers accounted for more than half the items sold on its site in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s size has prompted calls from critics such as US President Donald Trump for regulators to break up the company.<\/p>\n<p>The potential conflict arising from the firm&#8217;s dual role as a selling platform and retailer has also faced questions in the US, where it was the focus of a widely circulated legal paper.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission, a US competition regulator, has launched a review of its approach to anti-trust enforcement, spurred in part by those concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Europe has a reputation for taking a harder line on competition matters related to tech firms. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the Commission has announced hefty fines against Google, Microsoft and others. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-45579135\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager wants the &#8220;full picture&#8221; on Amazon&#8217;s data use The EU&#8217;s competition chief says she is looking into Amazon&#8217;s use of data from sellers on its site amid concerns that it might harness it to boost its own retail sales. 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