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Amazon CloudFront

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CDN · Reviewed 2026-09-11

CloudFront inherits AWS's exposure: EU-region pinning is possible for cached content, but the corporate anchor is Amazon.com, Inc. (US).

Contracting entity
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
Ultimate parent
Amazon.com, Inc. (US)
Hosting regions
global-edge
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

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Note Rated separately from `aws` because users search "CloudFront GDPR" as a distinct query.

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