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If you are submitting a rights request as an authorized agent, you are required to submit proof of your authorization to make the request, such as a valid power of attorney or proof that you have signed permission...
We will endeavor to ensure that, by default, we only collect and process your Data needed to provide you access to the Platform and our Services...This means that we will neither publish nor share your Data by default.
We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure the information we store.
"The Services and AWS Content are provided to the U.S. Government as "commercial services," "commercial computer software," "commercial computer software documentation," and "technical data" with the same rights and restrictions generally applicable...Excerpt from AWS's Customer Agreement
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The clause states: “The Services and AWS Content are provided to the U.S. Government as "commercial services," "commercial computer software," "commercial computer software documentation," and "technical data" with the same rights and restrictions generally applicable...”
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