Amazon May Have Misled Congress, House Judiciary Chair Says

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Amazon.com Inc. may have misled Congress when a company lawyer testified last year that the online retailer doesn’t use data it collects on sales to favor its own products over third-party sellers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said.

Representative Jerrold Nadler said a storyBloomberg Terminal in the Wall Street Journal Thursday that reported Amazon used data from sellers to develop competing products raised “deep concerns.”