7 Total
0 High severity
5 Medium severity
2 Low severity
Summary

This is the AWS privacy policy, which explains what personal information Amazon Web Services collects about people who visit its website, create accounts, or use its cloud services, including your name, contact details, payment information, IP address, and browsing behavior on AWS properties. The most important thing to know is that AWS may share your personal information with third-party service providers, advertising partners, and affiliates, and may transfer it internationally, including to the United States, which may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. If you are an EU or California resident, you have specific rights to access, correct, or delete your data, which you can exercise by contacting AWS through the privacy request mechanisms described in the policy.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Privacy Notice, governing how AWS collects, uses, and discloses personal information in connection with its websites, cloud services, and marketing activities, with Amazon.com, Inc. serving as the data controller. The policy states that AWS collects information users provide directly (name, email, payment details, credentials), information collected automatically (IP addresses, cookies, device identifiers, browsing behavior on AWS properties), and information from third parties, and the terms authorize use of this data for service delivery, fraud prevention, marketing communications, and improvement of AWS products. The policy discloses sharing of personal information with third-party service providers, business partners, and in the context of corporate transactions, and reserves the right to transfer data internationally, including to the United States, where AWS's principal operations are based; the policy asserts compliance with frameworks such as EU-US Data Privacy Framework but does not foreclose transfers under standard contractual clauses or other mechanisms. The policy engages GDPR for EU and UK data subjects, CCPA for California residents, and various other regional frameworks, granting specific rights such as access, correction, deletion, and objection to processing, though the practical scope of these rights and the enforceability of certain transfer mechanisms depends on jurisdiction and evolving regulatory interpretation.

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Mapped Governance Frameworks

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
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GDPR
European Union
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
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