Using AI models from companies like Anthropic or Meta through Bedrock means you are also legally bound by each of those companies' own separate rules — not just AWS's rules.
This analysis describes what AWS Bedrock's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
By incorporating third-party policies by reference, this clause establishes that AWS Service Terms compliance alone is insufficient; users must also satisfy separate policy requirements established by each model provider, creating a multi-layered compliance obligation.
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 →Business customers must independently track and comply with the acceptable use policies of every third-party model provider available on Bedrock — policies that can change at any time — or risk AWS service suspension.
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"When you use third-party models available in Amazon Bedrock, you must also comply with the applicable third-party model provider's use policies. These use policies are incorporated into these Service Terms by this reference.— Excerpt from AWS Bedrock's AWS Service Terms
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision creates a chain of contractual privity across multiple legal entities, implicating contract law principles in all applicable jurisdictions. Where third-party model providers are EU-established, GDPR Art. 28 sub-processor obligations may be triggered. The FTC Act Section 5 is relevant if a third-party provider's policy contains terms that, when enforced downstream by AWS, constitute unfair or deceptive practices against end users.
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By incorporating third-party policies by reference, this clause establishes that AWS Service Terms compliance alone is insufficient; users must also satisfy separate policy requirements established by each model provider, creating a multi-layered compliance obligation.
Business customers must independently track and comply with the acceptable use policies of every third-party model provider available on Bedrock — policies that can change at any time — or risk AWS service suspension.
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