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04-20-2010, 09:51 AM
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-20/amazon-com-seeks-to-block-north-carolina-customer-data-request.html
April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. asked a federal court to block a request by North Carolina for customer data, including personal information about residents and what they bought from the online retailer.
The North Carolina Department of Revenue’s request, which is part of an audit of Amazon’s compliance with state sales and use tax laws, would violate the First Amendment rights of its customers, Amazon said in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Seattle.
Amazon said it already provided North Carolina with information about what it has sold to state residents and what they paid. North Carolina has threatened contempt proceedings if Amazon doesn’t turn over the names and addresses of each customer in the state who bought something from Amazon, according to the complaint.
A call to the public affairs office at the North Carolina Department of Revenue wasn’t answered after business hours yesterday.
The case is Amazon.com v. Kenneth R. Lay, 10-00664, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington (Seattle).
April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. asked a federal court to block a request by North Carolina for customer data, including personal information about residents and what they bought from the online retailer.
The North Carolina Department of Revenue’s request, which is part of an audit of Amazon’s compliance with state sales and use tax laws, would violate the First Amendment rights of its customers, Amazon said in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Seattle.
Amazon said it already provided North Carolina with information about what it has sold to state residents and what they paid. North Carolina has threatened contempt proceedings if Amazon doesn’t turn over the names and addresses of each customer in the state who bought something from Amazon, according to the complaint.
A call to the public affairs office at the North Carolina Department of Revenue wasn’t answered after business hours yesterday.
The case is Amazon.com v. Kenneth R. Lay, 10-00664, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington (Seattle).