SEC: Amazon can’t exclude biometrics shareholder resolutions
By 
Joe Mont2019-04-01T18:58:00
The SEC has decided to allow a shareholder proposal demanding more information on Amazon’s use and sale of facial-recognition technology to proceed to the annual meeting’s proxy materials.
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