Legal disputes about Bedrock will be resolved under Washington State law, regardless of where you are located.
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Governing law provisions establish the substantive legal framework applying to the service agreement and dispute interpretation. The selection of Washington law determines which state's statutes and precedent apply to contractual disputes, performance obligations, and liability determinations.
Interpretive note: Mandatory statutory protections under GDPR, EU AI Act, and equivalent local laws apply regardless of choice of law provisions; the practical scope of this clause depends on jurisdiction-specific mandatory law analysis.
The updated terms establish new data-sharing mechanisms for users of Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock. Specifically, AWS now explicitly authorizes notification to Anthropic of metadata present in requests sent to certain Anthropic products (e.g., Claude Code, computer use features), enabling Anthropic to conduct product-level usage attribution. Additionally, the terms introduce AWS WAF AI traffic monetization, which permits AWS to facilitate payment transactions between content publishers and buyers by sharing pricing, payment, and configuration information with payment providers and facilitators; the updated terms clarify that AWS does not provide regulated financial services and is not a party to fund flows, and that users' interactions with payment providers are governed by separate terms between the user and those parties. Users employing these features should review what metadata may be embedded in their requests and understand their own obligations to payment providers.
View change record →The updated terms establish that customers operating Amazon RDS databases on end-of-life software versions are now required to upgrade to supported versions. The agreement authorizes AWS to scan extension code used with Trusted Language Extensions for security and performance purposes, and establishes that extension code constitutes customer content. AWS disclaims responsibility for service failures caused by extensions or end-of-life database software. If a customer does not upgrade before an engine reaches end of life, AWS may snapshot the customer's data and delete the instance or cluster running the unsupported software, after providing prior notice of the engine end-of-life date.
View change record →The updated terms establish new operational requirements for any organization using Amazon Connect Talent to make or inform employment decisions. Customers must now obtain legally adequate privacy notices and consents from job applicants before their data is processed by the service. The terms require customers to review all AI output before making hiring decisions, implement processes for applicants to request information about the AI's role in decisions, and ensure their use of the tool complies with applicable labor, anti-discrimination, disability, data privacy, AI, wiretap, recordkeeping, and biometrics laws. Customers can configure an AI services opt-out policy through AWS Organizations to prevent their data from being used to train or improve AWS AI technologies.
View change record →Non-US customers using Bedrock should be aware that contract disputes will be governed by Washington State law, though mandatory local consumer or data protection laws in your jurisdiction may still apply and cannot be waived by contract.
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"Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these service terms and any dispute arising out of your use of Amazon Bedrock will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.— Excerpt from AWS Bedrock's AWS Service Terms
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Choice of law clauses in B2B cloud service agreements are standard and generally enforceable, but they do not override mandatory statutory protections. GDPR rights are not waivable by contract choice of law; EU data subjects and controllers retain statutory rights regardless of governing law provisions. UK GDPR and other local data protection laws operate similarly. EU AI Act obligations apply by virtue of market connection, not contract choice. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low for most B2B customers, as Washington State law is well-established for technology contracts and is not materially more favorable to AWS than most alternatives. The primary practical implication is litigation venue and applicable procedural rules if disputes escalate. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU customers should confirm with legal counsel that this choice of law does not affect their GDPR rights or Data Processing Addendum protections, which operate under EU law regardless of the governing law clause. Customers in jurisdictions with mandatory consumer protection laws (Australia's ACL, Canada's consumer protection statutes) should assess whether those protections apply despite the choice of law clause. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers negotiating master agreements may seek to modify the governing law provision, particularly if they have legal requirements for disputes to be resolved under local law. This provision is standard in US-based cloud provider agreements and may have limited negotiability for most customers. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams in non-US jurisdictions should confirm that mandatory local law protections apply notwithstanding this clause before finalizing Bedrock deployment for regulated use cases.
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Governing law provisions establish the substantive legal framework applying to the service agreement and dispute interpretation. The selection of Washington law determines which state's statutes and precedent apply to contractual disputes, performance obligations, and liability determinations.
Non-US customers using Bedrock should be aware that contract disputes will be governed by Washington State law, though mandatory local consumer or data protection laws in your jurisdiction may still apply and cannot be waived by contract.
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