AWS Australian Notifiable Data Breach Addendum
AWS Australian Notifiable Data Breach Addendum
THIS AWS AUSTRALIAN NOTIFIABLE DATA BREACH ADDENDUM (this “Addendum”) is an agreement between the
applicable Amazon Web Services contracting party under the Agreement (“AWS”) and you or the entity you represent
(“you” or “your”), and is an addendum to the AWS Customer Agreement available at
http://aws.amazon.com/agreement (as updated from time to time) by and between you and AWS, or other
agreement between you and AWS governing your use of the Services (the “Agreement”). This Addendum takes effect
with respect to the ANDB Account (as defined below) on the date when you click an “Accept AWS Australian
Notifiable Data Breach Addendum for this Account” button (or other electronic means made available by AWS for
such purpose) presented with this Addendum (the “Addendum Effective Date”). You represent to AWS that you are
lawfully able to enter into contracts (e.g., you are not a minor). If you are entering into this Addendum for an entity,
such as the company you work for, you represent to AWS that you have legal authority to bind that entity.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Applicability and Definitions. This Addendum applies only (a) to the ANDB Account, (b) when you are subject
to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Privacy Law”), and (c) to “personal information” (as defined in the Privacy Law)
in AWS’s possession or control (the “Customer Data”). The “ANDB Account” means the AWS account under the
Agreement that you used to log in to AWS Artifact (or any successor Service offered by AWS) to accept this
Addendum. You acknowledge and agree that this Addendum does not apply to any other AWS accounts you may
have now or in the future, and that if you have any other AWS accounts they must either have a separate AWS
Australian Notifiable Data Breach Addendum or be joined as member accounts in an organization using AWS
Organizations (or any successor service offered by AWS) for which there is an applicable AWS Organizations
Australian Notifiable Data Breach Addendum in effect. Unless otherwise expressly defined in this Addendum, all
capitalized terms in this Addendum will have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
2. Security Breach Notification.
2.1. If AWS becomes aware of either (a) any unlawful access to any Customer Data stored on AWS equipment or in
AWS facilities, or (b) any unauthorized access to such equipment or facilities, where in either case such access results
in loss, disclosure, or alteration of Customer Data (each a “Security Event”), AWS will promptly (i) notify you of the
Security Event, and (ii) take reasonable steps to mitigate the effects and to minimize any damage resulting from the
Security Event.
2.2. You agree that:
(a) an unsuccessful Security Event will not be subject to this Section. An unsuccessful Security Event is
one that results in no unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, Customer Data or to any of AWS’s
equipment or facilities storing Customer Data, and may include, without limitation, pings and other
broadcast attacks on firewalls or edge servers, port scans, unsuccessful log-on attempts, denial of
service attacks, packet sniffing (or other unauthorized access to traffic data that does not result in
access beyond IP addresses or headers) or similar incidents; and
(b) AWS’s obligation to report or respond to a Security Event under this Section is not and will not be
construed as an acknowledgement by AWS of any fault or liability of AWS with respect to the
Security Event.
2.3. Notification(s) of Security Events, if any, will be delivered to one or more of your administrators by any means
AWS selects, including via email. It is your sole responsibility to ensure your administrators maintain accurate
contact information on the AWS management console at all times.
2.4. Following notification by AWS to you of a Security Event under Section 2.1, you must (a) determine if the
Security Event has resulted, or is likely to result, in serious harm to any person within the meaning of the Privacy
Law, including by carrying out your own internal assessment to make that determination, and (b) fulfill all notice
requirements, and take any other action in relation to the Security Event as required by the Privacy Law. You
acknowledge that the parties together intend that you will fulfill all notice obligations under the Privacy Law in
relation to a Security Event.