Amazon France Logistique fined €32 million for Employee Surveillance

Indicators tracking the inactivity time of employees' scanners were put in place. The CNIL ruled that it was illegal to set up a system measuring work interruptions with such accuracy

Remember the stories of Amazon workers being denied toilet breaks? Turns out this sort of stuff is no bueno in France, as the Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés - CNIL - the French Data Protection Agency, levels a fine on the company for excessive employee surveillance, as well as retention of performance data over a 31 day period. A significant victory for workers, but a step back for People Analytics - after all how can you be too accurate in measuring employee performance? Analytics vs Surveillance depends mainly on which side of the screen you’re on.