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Amazon’s in-van surveillance footage of delivery drivers is leaking online

According to Amazon’s privacy policy, surveillance footage is uploaded to a secure portal and is only available to those with approved access. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

An influx of videos taken from Amazon’s in-van surveillance cameras has been published on Reddit in recent weeks, sparking fresh concerns about the privacy of delivery drivers being monitored for their entire shifts.

As first reported by Vice, two off-camera voices can be heard on one video published to r/AmazonDSPDrivers on July 3rd, commenting on an Amazon driver interacting with a customer’s dog. “She had a little guest with her today,” said one off-screen voice. The video is innocent enough, but it violates Amazon’s own privacy policy regarding its in-vehicle camera technology.

Drivers have expressed concerns about their privacy since these…

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