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The clause creates a framework for data residency control and establishes AWS's data access limitations and non-disclosure obligations as operational requirements. It specifies the conditions under which AWS may deviate from customer region selections, creating a clear procedure for compliance-driven data transfers.
Customers retain authority to specify storage regions, and the terms restrict AWS access to content maintenance and legal compliance purposes. The provision establishes that content relocation occurs only upon legal requirement, subject to Section 4.2 exceptions.
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"You may specify the AWS regions in which Your Content will be stored. You consent to the storage of Your Content in, and transfer of Your Content into, the AWS regions you select. We will not access or use Your Content except as necessary to maintain or provide the Service Offerings, or as necessary to comply with the law or a binding order of a governmental body. We will not (a) disclose Your Content to any government or third party or (b) subject to Section 4.2, move Your Content from the regions selected by you; in each case except as necessary to comply with the law or a binding order of a governmental body.— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Customer Agreement
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The clause creates a framework for data residency control and establishes AWS's data access limitations and non-disclosure obligations as operational requirements. It specifies the conditions under which AWS may deviate from customer region selections, creating a clear procedure for compliance-driven data transfers.
Customers retain authority to specify storage regions, and the terms restrict AWS access to content maintenance and legal compliance purposes. The provision establishes that content relocation occurs only upon legal requirement, subject to Section 4.2 exceptions.
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