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What Amazon Web Services's terms say

F privacy grade · aws.amazon.com · Tech & telecom

Amazon Web Services's terms of service and privacy policy have 40 rated points: 2 serious, 17 bad, 13 worth knowing and 8 good. 29 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 11 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Amazon Web Services

Serious 1

  • Your browsing history can be viewed by the service

    This service can view your browser history

    "Examples of information we receive from other sources include: [...] search results and links, including paid listings (such as Sponsored Links)."

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Bad 15

  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

    The service uses your personal data to employ targeted third-party advertising

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  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

    The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.

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  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

    This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes

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  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

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  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

    This service gathers information about you through third parties

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  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

    Tracking via third-party cookies for advertising

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  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

    This service receives your percise location through GPS coordinates

    "The personal information that we may collect, or may have collected from consumers in the preceding twelve months,[...] :geolocation data"

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  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

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  • Some personal data may be kept for business interests or legal obligations

    This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations

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  • Extra data may be collected about you through promotions

    The service may collect extra data about you through promotions

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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

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  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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  • Your biometric data is collected

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  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

    Any liability on behalf of the service's beta is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

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  • Many different types of personal data are collected

    The service collects many different types of personal data

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Worth knowing 9

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

    The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk

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  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

    This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet the users' expectations or requirements

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  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

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  • You should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify

    Users should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify

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  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

    This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location

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  • The terms for this service are translated into different languages

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  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

    Third parties may be involved in operating the service

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free beta service

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Good 4

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

    You can request access and deletion of personal data

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  • The terms for this service are easy to read

    The terms are long but suprisingly contain some jokes!

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  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

    The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect

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  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

    Your personal data is not sold

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With an account

If you have a Amazon Web Services account

Serious 1

Bad 2

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

    This service can license user content to third parties

    " You grant (i) us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, royalty-free, and fully paid up license under all intellectual property rights to your Lumberyard Submissions, and (ii) other AWS customers the same rights to your Lumberyard Submissions as these Service Terms provide to the Lumberyard Materials."

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  • A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account

    This service keeps a license on user-generated content even after users close their accounts.

    " You grant (i) us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, royalty-free, and fully paid up license under all intellectual property rights to your Lumberyard Submissions, and (ii) other AWS customers the same rights to your Lumberyard Submissions as these Service Terms provide to the Lumberyard Materials."

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Worth knowing 4

  • No refunds will be issued

    The service has a no refund policy

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  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

    Amazon WorkMail prohibits users sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages.

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  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

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  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

    This service can delete your content if you violate the terms

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Good 4

  • You can delete your content from this service

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  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

    " You grant (i) us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, royalty-free, and fully paid up license under all intellectual property rights to your Lumberyard Submissions, and (ii) other AWS customers the same rights to your Lumberyard Submissions as these Service Terms provide to the Lumberyard Materials."

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  • You will be notified about website maintenance

    This service will warn users about website maintenance

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  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.