Court Grants Amazon Preliminary Relief Against Perplexity AI in Data Access Lawsuit
A federal court granted Amazon preliminary injunctive relief against Perplexity AI in November 2025, ordering the AI company to destroy data scraped from Amazon's platform without authorization. This targets Perplexity's Comet AI product, which allegedly accessed Amazon's systems illegally.
Amazon is aggressively locking down its data ecosystem — this signals tighter access controls are coming for any third-party tools pulling Amazon data via scraping or unofficial APIs. Agencies and brands relying on non-MWS/SP-API compliant tools should audit their tech stack now before Amazon's next enforcement wave.
Amazon is using litigation to enforce platform data sovereignty -- part of a broader consolidation play where only Amazon-approved AI tools will legally access marketplace data, compressing the third-party intelligence tool market.
Audit your third-party tools in Seller Central > Partner Network -- flag any that don't use official SP-API access or lack Amazon app approval to avoid potential account-level risk.
In the next 30 days, confirm all AI-powered research or repricing tools your agency uses are pulling data through authorized Amazon data-sharing agreements, not scraping.
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Amazon's data lockdown means unofficial AI tools face legal and operational risk.
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Amazon's data lockdown means unofficial AI tools face legal and operational risk.
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