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Amazon Web Services Privacy Policy

2 serious, 3 to watch. Found 6 of 23 practices.
aws.amazon.com/privacy (3 Oct 2026)
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Do they sell or share your data?Yes

Advertising cookies may be set through our site by us or our advertising partners and help us deliver relevant marketing content. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less relevant advertising. Allowed Blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of our sites. You may review and change your choices at any time by selecting Cookie preferences in the footer of this site. We and selected third-parties use cookies or similar technologies as specified in the AWS Cookie Notice. CancelSave preferences Your privacy choices We and our advertising partners (“we”) may use information we collect from or about you to show you ads on other websites and online services.
aws.amazon.com/privacy, lines 1327–1332
In plain wordsThe company and its advertising partners use your information to show you personalized ads on other websites. This means your browsing activity is shared with third-party advertisers to track your interests.

Do they use your data to target ads?Yes

We rely on our legitimate interests for this processing, including to help you find and discover features, products, and services that might be of interest to you. You may adjust your personalized advertising preferences by filling out the Your Privacy Choices form. Questions and Contacts. If you wish to do any of these things or have a data-protection related question, and you are an AWS customer, please contact us through your AWS Account.. If you are not an AWS customer, please fill out a request form. The data protection officer for Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL can be contacted at aws-EU-privacy@amazon.com.
aws.amazon.com/privacy, lines 1471–1473
In plain wordsThe company shares a coded version of your email address with advertisers to show you personalized ads based on your interests. You can change these advertising settings using their privacy form.

Do they keep your data after you leave?Partly

After account closure, we may need to keep certain information for an additional period of time for legal and legitimate business purposes. For example, we may retain personal information such as your contact information (for example, name, email address, physical address) and any invoices that AWS has sent to you (for example, record of purchases, applicable discounts, and tax information) for tax and accounting purposes. If applicable, AWS may also retain records of communications with you, as well as relevant logs (for example, a log of your account closure) for dispute resolution purposes.
aws.amazon.com/privacy, lines 1462–1463
In plain wordsThe company will continue to store some of your personal details and transaction records even after you close your account. They keep this information to comply with tax laws, handle potential legal disputes, and prevent fraud.

Can your data go to a buyer if the company is sold?Partly

Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or services. In such transactions, personal information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the individual consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that AWS or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
aws.amazon.com/privacy, lines 1386–1387
In plain wordsIf the company is sold, merged, or goes through a major business change, your personal information will be transferred to the new owner as part of the deal. However, the new company must still follow the same privacy promises that were in place before the transfer.

Can they hand your data to authorities without telling you?Partly

Identifiers, such as your name, address, or phone numbers, for example if we use a third-party carrier to deliver AWS hardware, or government identifier or certain types of ID you provide for identity verification, which may in some cases reflect your citizenship or immigration status, for example if we use a third-party service to verify your identity; personal information as described in subdivision (e) of Section 1798.80 of the California Civil Code, such as a credit card number or other payment information, for example if we use a third-party payment processor; information that may reveal your age, gender or gender identity, race, or other protected classifications under California or US
aws.amazon.com/privacy, lines 1605–1607
In plain wordsThis clause lists the types of personal information the company collects but does not state that you will be notified if this data is shared with authorities. It only specifies what data is collected, not the company's notification policy regarding government requests.

Checked, nothing hostile

  • Does not describe following you across sites, apps or devices, or collecting your face or fingerprints.

Not covered by these documents

The documents we read do not mention these practices, which usually live in a document we haven’t read yet:

  • Do you give up the right to sue?
  • Do they get wide rights to what you post or upload?
  • Do they refuse to let you delete your account?
  • Can they read your private messages?
  • Can they change the deal without asking?
  • Do they use what you post to train AI?
  • Do they lock you in for a year or more?
  • Do they refuse responsibility when things break?
  • Can they cut you off any time?
  • Do they keep rights to your content after you leave?
  • Can your name or photo appear in ads?
  • Do they combine your data across products?
  • Are they off the hook if your data leaks?
  • Does your subscription renew by itself?
  • Do you pay their legal bills?
  • Must disputes be settled in their chosen court?
  • Do they own your ideas and feedback?