Amazon lays off staffers for leaking customer info to third-party vendors

Amazon has laid off several employees for sharing customers’ data with third-party vendors, saying their action “violated its policies”.

In an email to those affected, the tech giant said that your email address and phone number were “disclosed by an Amazon employee to a third party in violation of our policies.”

“As a result, the employee has been terminated, and we are supporting law enforcement in their prosecution. No other information related to your account was shared,” Amazons said in a statement obtained by TechCrunch.

“No other information related to your account was shared. This is not a result of anything you have done, and there is no need for you to take any action,” the email further read.