Amazon Q Developer
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“AWS grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the AWS Site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of AWS. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the AWS Site or its contents; any derivative use of the AWS Site or its contents; any…”
Partially verified: Terms of Service assessed · Privacy Policy pending. Everything below comes only from what was read in full.
Watch: Commercial use
Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.
Prohibits reproduction, duplication, sale, framing, and use of meta tags involving AWS trademarks without written consent, and states that unauthorized use terminates any granted permission or license.
Carves out an exception to the disclaimer and limitation of liability where applicable state laws prohibit such limitations, preserving users' additional legal rights under those jurisdictions.
Requires users to represent ownership or control of posted content, warrants accuracy and policy compliance, and obligates users to indemnify AWS for all claims arising from user-supplied content; also reserves AWS's right but not obligation to monitor and remove content.
How to read this page: Overall risk rates what Amazon Q Developer's own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.
Partially verified — Terms of Service — Verified (read in full, 16 findings); Privacy Policy — Capture under review. Findings below are from fully-read, verified documents only; remaining core documents are pending capture.
Needs review
A core policy document is captured but requires review before AIRIN can mark the corpus fully verified.
- Terms of ServiceVerified - read in full - 16 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-10
- Privacy PolicyCompleteness unconfirmedstatic
Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.
Carves out an exception to the disclaimer and limitation of liability where applicable state laws prohibit such limitations, preserving users' additional legal rights under those jurisdictions.
" THE AWS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY AWS ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERW..."
Evidence appendix
Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.
" AWS grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the AWS Site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of AWS. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the AWS Site or its contents; any derivative use of the AWS Site or its contents; any downloading or copying of any other users’ account information; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Unless otherwise specified by AWS in a separate license, your right to use any software, data, documentation or other materials that you access or download through the AWS Site is subject to these Site Terms or, if you have an AWS account, the Agreement. The materials hosted on docs.aws.amazon.com are licensed as follows: documentation (e.g., user guides, developer guides, other publications) is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0, while any code therein is licensed under MIT-0."
Prohibits reproduction, duplication, sale, framing, and use of meta tags involving AWS trademarks without written consent, and states that unauthorized use terminates any granted permission or license.
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" THE AWS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY AWS ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, OR TO THE EXTENT ANY LEGAL RIGHTS APPLY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, LIMITED OR WAIVED, AWS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE AWS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, AWS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AWS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING ANY SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE AWS SITE; ITS SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM AWS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. AWS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE AWS SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE AWS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT. "
Carves out an exception to the disclaimer and limitation of liability where applicable state laws prohibit such limitations, preserving users' additional legal rights under those jurisdictions.
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" You and third parties may be permitted to upload certain software (including machine images), data, text, audio, video, images or other content (“Third Party Content”) to community areas of the AWS Site. You acknowledge that (a) AWS has not tested or screened Third Party Content, (b) you use any Third Party Content is at your sole risk, and (c) Third Party Content may be subject to separate license terms as determined by the person posting such content."
Requires users to represent ownership or control of posted content, warrants accuracy and policy compliance, and obligates users to indemnify AWS for all claims arising from user-supplied content; also reserves AWS's right but not obligation to monitor and remove content.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" P.O. Box 81226"
Provides the P.O. Box mailing address as part of the official contact information for submitting DMCA copyright infringement notices to AWS's designated Copyright Agent.
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" e-mail: trustandsafety@support.aws.com "
Provides the official email address for submitting DMCA copyright infringement notices to AWS, establishing an electronic channel for the enforcement procedure.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" fax: (206) 266-7010"
Provides the fax number for the AWS Copyright Agent, forming part of the procedural contact details for DMCA copyright infringement notice submissions.
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" AWS’s Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:"
Identifies the designated Copyright Agent for receiving copyright infringement claims, establishing the official channel and procedure for submitting DMCA notices to AWS.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" phone: (206) 266-4064"
Provides the telephone number for the AWS Copyright Agent, forming part of the procedural contact information required for submitting or following up on DMCA copyright infringement notices.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Courier address:"
Introduces the courier/physical delivery address option for sending DMCA notices to the AWS Copyright Agent, establishing an alternative procedural channel for notice submission.
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" An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;"
Specifies the procedural requirement of providing an authorized signature as part of a DMCA copyright infringement notice submission process, establishing a formal step for enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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" A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;"
Establishes the procedural requirement to identify the specific location of allegedly infringing material on the Site, which is a required element of a DMCA takedown notice procedure.
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" Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;"
Specifies procedural requirements to provide contact information and a good-faith belief statement as mandatory components of a copyright infringement notice, establishing conditions for a valid DMCA claim.
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" A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;"
Defines the procedural requirement to describe the allegedly infringed copyrighted work as a necessary component of a valid copyright infringement notice, forming part of the DMCA takedown procedure.
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" A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf."
Requires a sworn statement under penalty of perjury affirming accuracy of the notice and authority of the claimant, which is a legally operative procedural requirement for a valid DMCA takedown notice.
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" Welcome to the Amazon Web Services site (the “AWS Site”). Amazon Web Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates (“AWS”) provides the AWS Site to you subject to the following terms of use (“Site Terms”). By visiting the AWS Site, you accept the Site Terms. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future AWS services, content or other materials, you also will be subject to the AWS Customer Agreement or other agreement governing your use of our services (the “Agreement”)."
Introduces the agreement, defines key parties ('AWS'), establishes acceptance by visit, and incorporates by reference the AWS Customer Agreement or other governing agreement for service use, binding users to additional legal instruments.
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" Amazon.com Legal Department"
Specifies the department (Amazon.com Legal Department) to which copyright infringement notices must be directed, forming part of the procedural contact information for DMCA submissions.
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Common questions about Amazon Q Developer's policies
- Can you use Amazon Q Developer's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — with conditions — based on 1 verified finding from Amazon Q Developer's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Amazon Q Developer's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
0 verified clausesClauses in Amazon Q Developer's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
No protective clause has been verified in Amazon Q Developer's published policies yet. That means we did not find one in the documents we read — not that the platform offers nothing.
📋 Rules you must follow
1 verified clauseWhat Amazon Q Developer requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Commercial useconduct restrictions
“AWS grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the AWS Site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of AWS. This license does not include any resale or commercia…”
Prohibits reproduction, duplication, sale, framing, and use of meta tags involving AWS trademarks without written consent, and states that unauthorized use terminates any granted permission or license.
📍 Terms of Service › “LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS”Jump to exact text →
What the policies actually cover
3 topics- Damages & liability cap1 clause
- Breach-notification promises2 clauses
- Conduct restrictions1 obligation1 clause
12 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“WE AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION WE AND YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. WE EACH AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING SUIT IN COURT TO ENJOIN INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER MISUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(b) The laws of India, without reference to conflict of law rules, govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between the parties. All disputes and differences arising out of these Terms will be referred to arbitration by a sole arbitrator appointed by AWS India. The decision and award determined by such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties. The arbitration will be conducted ...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“11.6 Dispute. SUBJECT TO SECTION 13, ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ASSERT CLAIMS IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT. THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT AND FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW APPLY TO THESE TERMS. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS L...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(b) The laws of India, without reference to conflict of law rules, govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between the parties. All disputes and differences arising out of these Terms will be referred to arbitration by a sole arbitrator appointed by AWS India. The decision and award determined by such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties. The arbitration will be conducted ...”Open source citation
The clause imposes arbitration, class-action waiver, or jury-trial waiver terms.
“(c) Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms will be resolved by arbitration at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in accordance with its Rules of Arbitration. The arbitration will take place in Singapore. There will be three arbitrators. The fees and expenses of the arbitrators and the administering authority, if any, will be paid in ...”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 6 |
| All applicable tiers | moderation enforcement | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | output ownership | improves | LOW | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 9 |
| All applicable tiers | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | training use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Free | commercial use | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| Free | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Pro / Paid | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| Team / Business | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on moderation enforcement
“Please review our other policies on the AWS Site. These policies also govern your visit to the AWS Site. We reserve the right to make changes to the AWS Site, policies, and these Site Terms at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on commercial use
“You may post reviews, comments and other content; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. AWS reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant AWS a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant AWS and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: user retains rights on output ownership
“You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content, including any Third Party Content, that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify AWS for all claims resulting from content you supply. AWS has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. AWS takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: arbitration or waiver on governing law disputes
“(b) The laws of the Republic of South Africa, without reference to conflict of law rules, govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us. Any dispute relating in any way to these Terms, including where a party seeks interim relief, will be resolved by arbitration with the then-applicable rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa, and judgment on the arbitral award must be entered in the South Gauteng High Court. The Arbitration Act, No. 42 of 1965 applies to these Terms. The arbitration will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be three arbitrators. The fees and expenses of the arbitrators and the administering authority, if any, will be paid in equal proportion by the parties.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: broad license on subprocessors data sharing
“You grant us, our affiliates, and our independent contractors the right to record, film, photograph, and capture your voice and image in any media at the Event (the “ Recordings ”). You grant to AWS and its affiliates, agents, employees, and assigns an irrevocable, nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and translate, for any purpose relating to our business, all or any part of the Recordings and Your Materials. We may edit the Recordings and Your Materials, use them alone or together with other information, and allow others to use and disseminate them. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you waive any moral rights you may have in the Recordings and Your Materials. You represent and warrant that (a) Your Materials are true and accurate to the best of your knowledge, (b) you have the necessary rights and permissions to grant the license in this Section 4, and (c) Your Materials do not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: arbitration or waiver on governing law disputes
“WE AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION WE AND YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. WE EACH AGREE THAT EACH PARTY MAY BRING SUIT IN COURT TO ENJOIN INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER MISUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: arbitration or waiver on governing law disputes
“(b) The laws of India, without reference to conflict of law rules, govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between the parties. All disputes and differences arising out of these Terms will be referred to arbitration by a sole arbitrator appointed by AWS India. The decision and award determined by such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the (Indian) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as may be in force from time to time. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in English and the seat of the arbitration will be New Delhi.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: arbitration or waiver on governing law disputes
“11.6 Dispute. SUBJECT TO SECTION 13, ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ASSERT CLAIMS IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT. THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT AND FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW APPLY TO THESE TERMS. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS LIMITED. HOWEVER, AN ARBITRATOR CAN AWARD ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS THE SAME DAMAGES AND RELIEF AS A COURT (INCLUDING INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF OR STATUTORY DAMAGES), AND MUST FOLLOW THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS AS A COURT WOULD. TO BEGIN AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING, YOU MUST SEND A LETTER REQUESTING ARBITRATION AND DESCRIBING YOUR CLAIM TO OUR REGISTERED AGENT CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, 300 DESCHUTES WAY SW, SUITE 304, TUMWATER, WA 98501. THE ARBITRATION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA) UNDER ITS RULES, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.ADR.ORG OR BY CALLING 1-800-778-7879. PAYMENT OF FILING, ADMINISTRATION, AND ARBITRATOR FEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE AAA'S RULES. WE WILL REIMBURSE THOSE FEES FOR CLAIMS TOTALING LESS THAN $10,000 UNLESS THE ARBITRATOR DETERMINES THE CLAIMS ARE FRIVOLOUS. WE WILL NOT SEEK ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS IN ARBITRATION UNLESS THE ARBITRATOR DETERMINES THE CLAIMS ARE FRIVOLOUS. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE THE ARBITRATION CONDUCTED BY TELEPHONE, BASED ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, OR AT A MUTUALLY AGREED LOCATION.”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-10· verified 2026-08-10
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-06-10· verified 2026-06-10not re-verified in 103 days
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↓ 247 fewer findings this quarter vs last (9 vs 256). First scan: June 2026.
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