I think the issue is that Amazon has access to their sales numbers. Normally a competitor would have to put in work to infer your sales numbers from, say, an incrementing identifier in the receipt, and you would have some recourse (prevent information from leaking as best you can).
It seems to me there is an obvious conflict of interest.
Consider this; if an employee left to work for a competitor and took such precise information about online sales with them, it would be illegal.
It seems to me there is an obvious conflict of interest.
Consider this; if an employee left to work for a competitor and took such precise information about online sales with them, it would be illegal.