Grade A — Highly protective (score 94/100)
Amazon maintains a robust privacy framework with clear user controls, though it reserves broad rights to share data with third-party service providers and for business transfers.
Strong privacy protections, but allows broad data sharing for business needs.
Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third-parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Amazon commits to notifying you and providing an opt-out before sharing your data with third parties in ways not already described.
You should check our website frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
The company places the burden on the user to monitor the website for policy updates rather than providing proactive notification.
In the unlikely event that Amazon.com, Inc. or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
Your personal data is considered a business asset that will be transferred to a new owner in the event of an acquisition.
We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use & Sale and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Amazon, our users, or others.
Amazon reserves the right to share your data with law enforcement or other parties whenever they deem it appropriate for legal or safety reasons.
When you consent to our processing your personal information for a specified purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time and we will stop any further processing of your data for that purpose.
You retain the right to revoke consent for specific data processing activities at any time.
Last reviewed 2026-08-05 under rubric v3.5.