The EU 's competition commissioner , Margrethe Vestager , has launched a preliminary investigation into how Amazon uses third - party cloud data . Amazon sells its own products and allows third parties to sell their goods via the cloud , meaning it acts as both a host and a competitor . Due to concerns that Amazon may be abusing this position , the EU 's antitrust watchdog has issued warnings to merchants about their relationship with the commerce giant . In doing so such sellers can choose to avail themselves of Amazon’s own payment and fulfilment services. The action is not a formal investigation . Google was fined € 2.4bn ( $ 2.8bn ) last year by the EU for abusing its market control .
The EU 's competition commissioner , Margrethe Vestager , has launched a preliminary investigation into how Amazon uses third - party cloud data . Amazon sells its own products and allows third parties to sell their goods via the cloud , meaning it acts as both a host and a competitor . Due to concerns that Amazon may be abusing this position , the EU 's antitrust watchdog has issued warnings to merchants about their relationship with the commerce giant . The action is not a formal investigation . Google was fined € 2.4bn ( $ 2.8bn ) last year by the EU for abusing its market control .