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Spam and Unsolicited Communications Prohibition

Medium severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Rare · 1 of 343 platforms
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes an operational boundary on permitted service use by explicitly restricting communications activities that are commonly associated with abuse and compliance violations. The restriction applies regardless of whether the user directly performs the activity or facilitates it through others.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
May 10, 2026
First Seen
May 11, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 560 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are required to ensure their use of AWS Services does not generate or facilitate unsolicited bulk communications. Violation of this provision constitutes a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy and subjects the user's service to potential enforcement action under AWS's terms.

How other platforms handle this

Shopify Medium

You may not use Shopify's Services to send spam, unsolicited communications, or engage in harassment of any person. This includes using Shopify's email or messaging tools to send bulk unsolicited messages to consumers who have not opted in to receive communications from you.

Redfin Medium

You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...

PayPal Medium

relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You may not use, or facilitate or allow others to use, the Services to generate or facilitate unsolicited bulk electronic communications (such as spam), including via SMS, messaging services, or email.

— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy

Applicable regulations

CFAA
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DMCA
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European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Amazon
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-009866
Document ID
CA-D-00028
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
35a0e34b7136e83dd0dca01e14dd192b01d7012211f2617232fe3d1a27218091
Analysis generated
April 27, 2026 10:50 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon
Document: AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-009866
Captured: 2026-04-27 10:50:37 UTC
SHA-256: 35a0e34b7136e83d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/aws-acceptable-use-policy/spam-and-unsolicited-communications-prohibition/
Accessed: July 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Amazon's Spam and Unsolicited Communications Prohibition clause do?

This provision establishes an operational boundary on permitted service use by explicitly restricting communications activities that are commonly associated with abuse and compliance violations. The restriction applies regardless of whether the user directly performs the activity or facilitates it through others.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are required to ensure their use of AWS Services does not generate or facilitate unsolicited bulk communications. Violation of this provision constitutes a breach of the Acceptable Use Policy and subjects the user's service to potential enforcement action under AWS's terms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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