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The unconditional scope of account responsibility means customers bear liability for unauthorized or third-party actions taken under their account, with no exception for actions they did not approve.
Customers are held responsible for all actions taken under their account by anyone—including unauthorized actors—with no carve-out for activity they did not authorize.
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You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account identification.
If you use a proxy or private relay email address, you acknowledge and agree that we will direct account-related communications to that address, and you are responsible for ensuring you receive such communications.
Customer will not allow any Permitted User to share the Customer User Account with any other person.
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"you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, regardless of whether the activities are authorized by you or undertaken by you, your employees or a third party (including your contractors, agents or End Users)— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Customer Agreement
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The unconditional scope of account responsibility means customers bear liability for unauthorized or third-party actions taken under their account, with no exception for actions they did not approve.
Customers are held responsible for all actions taken under their account by anyone—including unauthorized actors—with no carve-out for activity they did not authorize.
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