Amazon Says Email Addresses Wrongly Shared with Outside Seller

Amazon.com Inc. notified some customers that their email addresses were shared with an outside seller on its platform in violation of the company’s policy. Amazon said it had identified and fired the employee responsible for sharing the information. No other customer information was disclosed, and the seller who received it was blocked from selling on Amazon, the company said.

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