8 Total
2 High severity
6 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

This is Amazon's Conditions of Use, the foundational legal agreement governing access to and purchases on Amazon's websites, mobile apps, and affiliated services in the United States. The terms authorize Amazon to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration administered by AAA under JAMS rules, and include a class action waiver, meaning users agree to pursue claims individually rather than through class proceedings. The agreement also caps Amazon's liability to the amount the user paid for the relevant service in the 12 months preceding the claim, and reserves the right to modify these conditions at any time with continued use of the services constituting acceptance.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is Amazon's Conditions of Use, last updated May 30, 2025, governing access to and use of Amazon's websites, applications, and services offered by Amazon.com Services LLC under applicable U.S. law. The agreement states that by using Amazon's services, users accept binding terms covering intellectual property ownership, license grants, dispute resolution via mandatory arbitration, limitations on liability, and restrictions on use of Amazon's platform and content. Notably, the terms assert a broad mandatory arbitration clause with a class action waiver, a limitation of liability cap tied to the amount paid for a service over a 12-month period, and sweeping intellectual property claims over all Amazon-generated content; the agreement also asserts the right to modify these terms at any time with continued use constituting acceptance, a mechanism that may face scrutiny under certain consumer protection frameworks. The document engages frameworks including the Federal Arbitration Act, FTC Act consumer protection standards, CCPA for California residents, and state-level consumer protection laws; the arbitration and class action waiver provisions may interact with state consumer protection statutes in jurisdictions such as California and New Jersey that impose limits on such waivers.

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14 important changes detected

14 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

What changed The change detected is a user interface update to the Conditions of Use landing page, not a modification to Amazon's actual legal terms. The page now reflects a different user location and includes minor menu restructuring (removal of certain category links, addition of others). The underlying Conditions of Use document timestamp remains unchanged at 'Last updated: May 30, 2025', indicating no substantive legal revisions occurred.
Why this matters This change does not affect the substantive terms governing your relationship with Amazon. The modification is limited to the landing page layout and navigation structure. No updates to user rights, data handling, dispute resolution, or other contractual provisions have been made.
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June 5, 2026

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What changed Amazon updated their Amazon Conditions of Use on June 05, 2026. Change detected: 3 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 132 sentences after update.
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May 31, 2026 low

Amazon's Conditions of Use underwent three sentence modifications on May 31, 2026. The updated document restructured navigation menu items, removed references to several subsidiary services (Amazon Renewed, Amazon Fresh, Amazon …

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May 26, 2026 low

Amazon updated the last-modified date in its Conditions of Use header from 'May 30, 2025' to 'May 30, 2025' on May 26, 2026. The diff context shows navigation and menu …

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May 24, 2026 low

Amazon updated its Conditions of Use on May 24, 2026 by modifying one sentence in the document. The specific sentence change involved adding 'Health AI' and 'Amazon Haul' to a …

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May 16, 2026 low

Amazon's Conditions of Use received a minor navigation update on May 16, 2026: the text 'Amazon Haul' was removed from the main navigation menu in the header section. This is …

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May 15, 2026 low

The detected change is a navigation and menu reorganization on the Conditions of Use page header and interface. The updated version reorders several navigation categories and menu items (e.g., 'Groceries' …

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May 11, 2026 low

Amazon updated its Conditions of Use on May 11, 2026 to modify three sentences within the footer and navigation sections of the document. The changes involved reorganizing product categories and …

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May 11, 2026 low

Amazon's Conditions of Use document was updated on May 11, 2026 with formatting and navigation restructuring. The change involved removing one sentence, modifying three sentences, and reorganizing the document's footer …

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May 4, 2026 low

Amazon's Conditions of Use was updated on May 4, 2026. The change detected involves one added sentence and one modified sentence. The specific substantive content of these changes cannot be …

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April 25, 2026 low

The change detected in Amazon's Conditions of Use on April 25, 2026 appears to be a formatting or organizational modification in the navigation menu structure at the top of the …

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April 23, 2026 low

Amazon modified a single sentence in its Conditions of Use on April 23, 2026. The change appears to involve navigation menu text or page layout restructuring, specifically affecting how department …

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April 19, 2026 low

Amazon updated the navigation and footer sections of its Conditions of Use page on April 19, 2026, adding new department categories, service links, and organizational changes to its website interface. …

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March 6, 2026 low

Amazon updated its Conditions of Use on March 6, 2026, making operational changes to its customer service navigation and regional delivery information. The updated terms modify the delivery location from …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 6, 2026

8 provisions unchanged.

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High — 2 provisions
Medium — 6 provisions

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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 6, 2026 09:10 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000026
Version ID CA-V-003497
SHA-256 099c4b948219b758b6ff63b4579154b3dc2802e661e91a3136fe149f855a83a0
✓ Snapshot stored ✓ Text extracted ✓ Change verified ✓ Hash verified

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