United States of America: Lawsuit against Perplexity AI over alleged unauthorised access to Amazon's systems (Amazon v Perplexity AI/No. 25-cv-09514-MMC)
Progress
Current status
under litigation
09 Mar 2026 under litigation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
District Court of California granted preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI over unauthorised access to Amazon’s password-protected systems
On 9 March 2026, the District Court of California granted a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, restricting its Artificial Intelligence (AI) agentic tools from accessing Amazon’s password-protected systems and requiring the destruction of …
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
injunction
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court