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0 High severity
7 Medium severity
1 Low severity
Summary

This is the AWS Privacy Notice governing how Amazon Web Services collects and uses personal information from visitors to the AWS website and users of AWS marketing communications. The notice authorizes collection of identifiers, payment card data, IP addresses, device information, browsing activity, and location data, and permits sharing of this information with advertising, analytics, and shipping partners as well as Amazon.com group companies. California residents and EU/EEA users have additional rights including the right to request deletion of personal data and to opt out of certain data sharing, exercisable by contacting aws-privacy@amazon.com.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is the AWS Privacy Notice, governing the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information by Amazon Web Services, Inc. in connection with its cloud services website and related marketing activities. The notice states that AWS collects name, address, phone number, email address, payment card information, IP address, device identifiers, browsing activity, and geolocation data, and uses this information to operate services, process transactions, communicate with users, and deliver targeted advertising through third-party partners including Adobe, Google, and Marketo. The notice authorizes sharing of personal data with Amazon.com affiliates, third-party service providers, advertising and analytics partners, and government or law enforcement entities upon legal request, and reserves the right to transfer data internationally to countries that may have different data protection standards than the user's country of residence. The notice engages GDPR for EU and EEA residents, CCPA and California privacy law for California residents, and general FTC consumer protection frameworks applicable to US users; applicability of specific rights and obligations depends on the user's jurisdiction. EU and California residents are granted distinct rights including access, deletion, and opt-out mechanisms not universally available to all users, and the document directs these requests to aws-privacy@amazon.com.

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1 important change detected

2 versions captured · Last updated: May 2026

What changed AWS updated its Privacy Notice on May 18, 2026, making four operational changes. The document added a new section titled 'Advertising' to the table of contents. AWS also updated the Japan office address for Amazon Web Services Japan G.K. from 3-1-1 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021 to 1-3-1 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0041 in both the data controller section and the data subject access request contact information. These changes affect where individuals in Japan should direct privacy requests and where AWS Japan processes personal information.
Why this matters The updated Privacy Notice now explicitly lists 'Advertising' as a section in the table of contents, indicating AWS will provide information about advertising-related data practices. This disclosure was reorganized rather than newly introduced. The Japan office address for submitting data subject access requests has been updated from 3-1-1 Kamiosaki to 1-3-1 Azabudai. Customers and individuals in Japan should use the new address when submitting privacy requests to Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.
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Recent Provision Changes May 18, 2026

7 provisions unchanged.

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Last Captured May 18, 2026 01:06 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000649
Version ID CA-V-002707
SHA-256 60c077cc945f7777afbff7484785ed83d3f9ca9a17aa6a3d0e10db08f1273f8b
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