Amazon Fends Off Extra Privacy Fines After Record Penalty in EU

Amazon.com Inc. won an early round of its fight over a record 746 million-euro ($844 million) privacy fine after a Luxembourg judge suspended orders threatening to rack up extra daily fines of 0.1% that amount.

The president of the Luxembourg administrative tribunal on Friday suspended the orders obliging Amazon to make a number of changes to its data processes by Jan. 15 or risk the additional penalties.

The orders by the Luxembourg data protection authority weren’t “sufficiently clear, precise and without uncertainty” to allow Amazon to meet the ultimatum, the tribunal said in a statement.

Amazon is appealing July’s decision ...