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Sharing with Amazon Affiliates and Business Partners

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What it is

The notice authorizes sharing of personal information with Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as well as with unspecified business partners offering services in conjunction with or through the AWS website.

This analysis describes what AWS's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes that personal data collected through the AWS website may be shared across the broader Amazon corporate group, including Amazon.com, Inc. and unnamed subsidiaries, as well as with third-party business partners whose identity and data use purposes are not specified. The scope of the affiliate sharing authorization and the absence of specific partner identification may be relevant to data flow mapping exercises.

Interpretive note: The notice does not identify specific business partners or provide a comprehensive list of Amazon affiliates, creating ambiguity about the full scope of authorized data sharing.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Under this provision, personal information provided to or collected by AWS may be shared with Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries and with third-party business partners engaged in co-offered services. The specific business partners and their data use purposes are not individually identified in the notice.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may share your personal information with our affiliates, which includes Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries, to provide you with services and to improve our products and services. We may also share your personal information with business partners who offer services in conjunction with or through our websites.

— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Privacy Notice

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR requires that recipients of personal data be identified or identifiable to data subjects, and that sharing with third parties have a documented legal basis. CCPA's disclosure requirements include identification of categories of third parties with whom personal information is shared. The breadth of the Amazon corporate group and the use of unspecified business partners may create compliance documentation obligations. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The Amazon corporate group encompasses hundreds of subsidiaries across diverse business lines; sharing authorization across this group without functional limitation may create data flows that are difficult to map and audit. The reference to unspecified business partners without category-level identification may not meet CCPA's disclosure specificity requirements. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: GDPR requires documentation of all recipients and categories of recipients. CCPA requires disclosure of categories of third parties. UK GDPR has parallel requirements. Brazil's LGPD similarly requires transparency about data sharing recipients. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers should assess whether the affiliate sharing authorization in this notice is consistent with any data confidentiality or processing restrictions in their AWS service agreements. Where customer data is incidentally collected through the AWS website, the scope of affiliate sharing should be evaluated. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should request a current list of Amazon affiliates and categories of business partners with whom personal data collected through the AWS website is shared, to support data mapping and regulatory disclosure obligations. The notice's reference to unspecified business partners should be evaluated against CCPA and GDPR specificity requirements.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has jurisdiction over the accuracy of disclosures about data sharing with affiliates and third-party partners under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
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  • State AG
    California residents may have CCPA rights to know which categories of third parties receive their personal information, enforceable by the California Attorney General.
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Applicable regulations

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

Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Privacy Notice
Entity
AWS
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-013080
Document ID
CA-D-00649
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2fb04590268699fa6374538d0098cfcad9b058336d2e7bc7903257ea53ab35fa
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 04:45 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: AWS
Document: AWS Privacy Notice
Record ID: CA-P-013080
Captured: 2026-05-21 04:45:41 UTC
SHA-256: 2fb04590268699fa…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/aws/aws-privacy-notice/sharing-with-amazon-affiliates-and-business-partners/
Accessed: June 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does AWS's Sharing with Amazon Affiliates and Business Partners clause do?

This provision establishes that personal data collected through the AWS website may be shared across the broader Amazon corporate group, including Amazon.com, Inc. and unnamed subsidiaries, as well as with third-party business partners whose identity and data use purposes are not specified. The scope of the affiliate sharing authorization and the absence of specific partner identification may be relevant to …

How does this clause affect you?

Under this provision, personal information provided to or collected by AWS may be shared with Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries and with third-party business partners engaged in co-offered services. The specific business partners and their data use purposes are not individually identified in the notice.

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