Today, we’re pleased to announce an update to your online AWS GDPR Data Processing Addendum (AWS GDPR DPA) and our online Service Terms to add the brand new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) that the European Commission (EC) adopted in June 2021. The EC-accepted SCCs provide our customers the opportunity to comply with the overall Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) if they transfer personal data at the mercy of GDPR to countries beyond your European Economic Area (EEA) that haven’t obtained an EC adequacy decision (third countries). The brand new SCCs are actually better adapted to how our customers function their applications or operate their workloads in the cloud, since they cover different transfer scenarios, and offer enhanced safeguards for data transfers also.

Attaining compliance with GDPR is crucial for thousands associated with AWS customers and AWS. The brand new SCCs enable all AWS customers which are controllers or processors under GDPR to keep to transfer personal data from their AWS accounts in compliance with GDPR. Within the online Service Terms, the brand new SCCs will utilize automatically whenever an AWS customer utilizes AWS services to transfer customer data to third countries.

February 2021 of &lt the updated AWS GDPR DPA incorporating the brand new SCCs supplements our announcement in;a href=”https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-and-eu-data-transfers-strengthened-commitments-to-protect-customer-data/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>strengthened commitments to safeguard customer information, such as for example challenging police requests that conflict with EU law. We’ve published your blog post &lt also;a href=”https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-is-helping-eu-customers-navigate-the-new-normal-for-data-protection/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>How AWS is helping EU customers navigate the brand new normal for data protection, and the whitepaper Navigating Compliance with EU Data Exchange Requirements to greatly help AWS customers conduct their data transfer assessments and adhere to GDPR, the Schrems II ruling, and the recommendations released by the European Data Protection Board. AWS is continually working to make sure that our customers can benefit from the great things about AWS everywhere they operate, and we welcome the brand new SCCs since they enable our customers to keep making use of AWS services in compliance with GDPR. For those who have questions or need more info, visit our EU Data Protection page and our GDPR Center.

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