Online retailer allegedly used its own sellers' data to create competing products for sale.FMTNews Amazon
May 2, 2020 11:25 AMWASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon.com Chief Executive and founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about allegations that the online retailer uses data from its own third-party sellers to create competing products.
At issue are statements by Amazon’s associate general counsel, Nate Sutton, who denied under oath last July that Amazon used sensitive business information from independent sellers on its platform to develop products for Amazon to sell. A spokesman for Amazon said the company had no immediate comment. The company has previously said that any such practices would violate its policies.“We expect you, as Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, to testify before the Committee,” it said. “Although we expect that you will testify on a voluntary basis, we reserve the right to resort to compulsory process if necessary.”
The committee also said in the letter that Amazon had baulked at providing information about independent merchants.
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