The Amazon lobbyists who kill US consumer privacy protections


A file photo of an Alexa device inside a house. Amazon’s lobbying against privacy protections aims to preserve the company’s access to detailed consumer data that has fuelled its explosive online-retailing growth and provided an advantage in emerging technologies, according to the Amazon documents and former employees. — Reuters

In recent years, Amazon.com Inc has killed or undermined privacy protections in more than three dozen bills across 25 US states, as the e-commerce giant amassed a lucrative trove of personal data on millions of American consumers.

Amazon executives and staffers detail these lobbying victories in confidential documents reviewed by Reuters.

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