US e-commerce giant Amazon is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company covertly monitored and commercialised the detailed location data of its consumers in California. The complaint was lodged by Felix Kolotinsky,

Amazon collected an enormous amount of timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop, and visit, revealing sensitive information such as religious affiliations, sexual orientations,

Amazon is being sued by consumers who claim that the company has been secretly tracking their movements through their smartphones. The class action lawsuit, filed in a San Francisco federal court, claims that Amazon gained "backdoor access" to the phones of users.

A group of consumers sued Amazon Wednesday for allegedly getting “backdoor access” to their data and tracking their location.