The agreement incorporates the AWS Acceptable Use Policy by reference and assigns sole responsibility to customers for ensuring that their content and all end user activity complies with the AUP and applicable law. Violations are grounds for immediate account suspension.
This analysis describes what AWS'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
The AUP is incorporated by reference and can be updated independently by AWS, meaning the conditions under which accounts may be suspended for policy violations can change without a formal amendment to the main agreement. Customers are responsible for ensuring their end users and content comply with the current version of the AUP at all times.
Expanded to explicitly cover Your Content compliance, added requirement to comply with all policies and applicable law, and introduced sole responsibility clause for content development and operation.
View full change record →The agreement places sole responsibility on customers for AUP compliance by both themselves and all end users accessing services through their accounts. The AUP is a separately maintained document that may be updated independently, and violations by any end user can trigger immediate account suspension under the agreement's suspension provision.
How other platforms handle this
In addition to these Terms, you also agree to: Our Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"): https://legal.kajabi.com/policies/aup
Your use of the Llama Materials must comply with applicable laws and regulations (including trade compliance laws and regulations) and adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy for the Llama 3 models (currently available at https://llama.meta.com/llama3/use-policy), which is hereby incorporated by referen...
You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
Monitoring
AWS has changed this document before.
Receive same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 25 platforms.
"You will ensure that Your Content and your and your End Users' use of Your Content or the Service Offerings do not violate any of the policies described in the Agreement (including the Acceptable Use Policy) or any applicable law. You are solely responsible for the development, content, operation, maintenance, and use of Your Content.— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Customer Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The AUP's restrictions on prohibited uses, including restrictions on illegal content, export-controlled activities, and activities that may generate liability for AWS, interact with export control regulations (EAR, ITAR), sanctions compliance (OFAC), and sector-specific regulations applicable to the customer's industry. The FTC's oversight of deceptive or unfair practices may be relevant if AUP enforcement results in disproportionate account suspensions. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The AUP is incorporated by reference and may be updated by AWS unilaterally; customers are responsible for monitoring and complying with the current version. For platforms that host user-generated content or enable third-party developers to deploy workloads, the pass-through responsibility for end user AUP compliance creates a monitoring and enforcement obligation. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: Export control and sanctions compliance under the AUP is jurisdiction-dependent and varies by customer location and the nationality of end users. Customers operating internationally should assess whether their use of AWS services complies with applicable export control and sanctions regimes as reflected in the AUP's restrictions. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Downstream terms of service for platforms built on AWS should incorporate AUP-equivalent restrictions for end users to support the customer's ability to comply with the pass-through responsibility. Procurement teams should confirm that the current AUP version has been reviewed as part of the initial contracting process and that a change-monitoring process is in place. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal and compliance teams should map AUP restrictions to internal acceptable use controls and conduct periodic reviews of the current AUP against existing deployment configurations. Export compliance programs should assess whether AWS workloads involve export-controlled data, technology, or end users that would implicate AUP restrictions on export-controlled activities.
Full compliance analysis
Regulatory citations, enforcement risk, and due diligence action items.
Free: track 1 platform + weekly digest. Monitor: 25 platforms + same-day alerts. No credit card required.
Compliance Governance Intelligence
Need to monitor specific governance provisions?
Compliance includes provision-level monitoring, governance timelines, regulatory mapping, and audit-ready analysis.
Built from archived source documents, structured governance mappings, and historical version tracking.
The AUP is incorporated by reference and can be updated independently by AWS, meaning the conditions under which accounts may be suspended for policy violations can change without a formal amendment to the main agreement. Customers are responsible for ensuring their end users and content comply with the current version of the AUP at all times.
The agreement places sole responsibility on customers for AUP compliance by both themselves and all end users accessing services through their accounts. The AUP is a separately maintained document that may be updated independently, and violations by any end user can trigger immediate account suspension under the agreement's suspension provision.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 15 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by AWS.