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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is asking the Justice Department to open a criminal antitrust investigation into Amazon.com, citing claims made in a recent news report that the online retail giant has engaged in \u201cpredatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal reported on April 23 that Amazon was using data from third-party sellers<\/a> to develop competing products, contrary to the companys own policies. The newspaper cited 20 former employees of Amazons private-label business and documents it reviewed that allegedly revealed such practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese practices are alarming for Americas small businesses even under ordinary circumstances,\u201d Hawley wrote in a letter to Attorney General William Barr on April 28 (pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The type of data Amazon is able to access poses a great threat to competition compared to data accessed by traditional retail stores, Hawley said. While ordinary brick-and-mortar stores have access to data such as products that are purchased or when they are purchased, online retailers such as Amazon can collect much more data, he said.<\/p>\n

He said online retailers can, for example, track how long a persons attention stays on a product page, which features attract a person, and images a person views.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazons capacity for data collection is like a brick-and-mortar retailer attaching a camera to every customers forehead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said that the type of practices alleged in the Wall Street Journal article would amount to a violation under federal antitrust law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands of small businesses have been forced to suspend in-store retail and instead rely on Amazon because of shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic. Amazons reported data practices are an existential threat that may prevent these businesses from ever recovering,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The tech giant has repeatedly said that it doesnt use third-party sellers data to make and sell its own products. The company previously told a House Antitrust Subcommittee (pdf<\/a>) it doesnt use information from third-party sellers to develop its own products, but it does use aggregate-level data.<\/p>\n

Hawley pointed out in his letter that the use of aggregate-level data can be detrimental to competition, saying that \u201caggregate data can still enable Amazon to create or solidify monopoly power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing aggregate data just means that, when Amazon uses data to create copycat products, it harms multiple small businesses instead of just one,\u201d the senator wrote.<\/p>\n

An Amazon spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that it strictly prohibits \u201cemployeeRead More From Source<\/a>
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