Data Privacy at AWS

Earning customer trust is the foundation of our business at AWS. We earn this trust by working to meet our customers’ privacy needs and by being transparent in our privacy commitments. Our industry-leading privacy safeguards and security controls enable you to operate with the confidence that you can achieve and exceed privacy and compliance requirements globally. You can implement privacy protections based on your specific industry requirements and satisfy regulators and auditors using our services, tooling, and resources to control and protect your data.

Maintaining customer trust involves making ongoing commitments to you. These commitments include:

You own and control your data on AWS

You control your data. You determine who can access your data. Using AWS Regions, you control where your data is stored, based on your specific needs.

We build to the highest standards for data privacy

At AWS, we support the highest privacy standards and compliance certifications to satisfy the requirements of our customers around the world.

We raise the bar on privacy safeguards

We continuously raise the bar on privacy safeguards with a complete set of capabilities that support your privacy implementation, including the option to manage your own encryption keys with AWS Key Management Service and the ability to continuously monitor, log, and retain account activity with AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail.

We are transparent in our customer commitments

Our contracts are written in plain, straightforward language to be transparent and help you understand the data privacy protections that we offer. 

Privacy Laws and Regulations

At AWS, customer trust is our top priority. We deliver services to millions of active customers, including enterprises, educational institutions, and government agencies in over 190 countries. Our customers include financial services providers, healthcare providers, and governmental agencies, who trust us with some of their most sensitive information. 

For a complete list of certifications and attestations; laws, regulations and privacy; and alignments and frameworks, visit the Compliance Programs webpage.

Data Privacy FAQ

We know that customers care deeply about privacy and data security. AWS continually monitors the evolving privacy regulatory and legislative landscape to identify changes and determine what tools our customers might need to meet their compliance needs. 
 
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