AWS reserves the right to modify the Customer Agreement at any time by posting a revised version on the AWS website, and may change or discontinue service offerings or their features. The agreement states that AWS will provide notice of material service changes through the Service Health Dashboard, email, or the Management Console, but continued use of services constitutes acceptance of modified terms.
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This provision establishes that AWS can modify the contractual terms governing all AWS services by posting revised language on its website, with continued service use constituting acceptance. The modification mechanism places the burden on customers to monitor for changes and assess their impact, as no affirmative customer consent or re-execution is required for modifications to take effect.
Interpretive note: The agreement does not specify a minimum advance notice period for all categories of modifications, creating some ambiguity about the effective date of changes and the practical notice customers receive before continued use constitutes acceptance.
Under this clause, the terms applicable to AWS service use may change without requiring a customer signature or affirmative acceptance; continued use of AWS services after a posted modification constitutes agreement to the revised terms. The agreement states that material service changes will be communicated through the Service Health Dashboard, email, or Management Console, but does not specify a minimum advance notice period for all types of modifications.
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"We may change or discontinue any of the Service Offerings or change or remove features or functionality of the Service Offerings from time to time. We will provide you with notice of any material changes to any Services through the AWS Service Health Dashboard, email, or through the AWS Management Console... We may change, discontinue, or deprecate any of the Service Offerings (including the Service Offerings as a whole) or change or remove features or functionality of the Service Offerings from time to time. We may also modify this Agreement at any time by posting a revised version on the AWS Site.Excerpt from AWS's Customer Agreement
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This provision establishes that AWS can modify the contractual terms governing all AWS services by posting revised language on its website, with continued service use constituting acceptance. The modification mechanism places the burden on customers to monitor for changes and assess their impact, as no affirmative customer consent or re-execution is required for modifications to take effect.
Under this clause, the terms applicable to AWS service use may change without requiring a customer signature or affirmative acceptance; continued use of AWS services after a posted modification constitutes agreement to the revised terms. The agreement states that material service changes will be communicated through the Service Health Dashboard, email, or Management Console, but does not specify a minimum …
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