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Amazon SES

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Email · Reviewed 2026-09-11

Amazon SES inherits AWS's exposure: the Luxembourg contracting entity's ultimate parent (Amazon.com, Inc.) is US-incorporated, so an SES EU region is still reachable under CLOUD Act.

Contracting entity
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
Ultimate parent
Amazon.com, Inc. (US)
Hosting regions
us-east-1, eu-west-1, eu-central-1, ap-southeast-1
Transfer mechanism
DPF
Operational access from
US, IE

Rating by dimension

Entity control
Red — CLOUD Act exposure
Data location
Amber — mitigations present
Operational access
Amber — mitigations present
Subprocessor chain
Green — EU jurisdiction
Transfer mechanism
Amber — mitigations present

EU alternatives

Sources

Note Rated separately from `aws` because users search "is Amazon SES GDPR-compliant" as a distinct query. The rating mirrors AWS's per the corporate anchor.

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