Amazon Rekognition | Data Privacy

Question 1

How can I use AWS Lambda with Amazon Rekognition?

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Answer 1

Amazon Rekognition provides seamless access to AWS Lambda and allows you bring trigger-based image analysis to your AWS data stores such as Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB. To use Amazon Rekognition with AWS Lambda, please follow the steps outlined here and select the Amazon Rekognition blueprint.

Question 2

Are image and video inputs processed by Amazon Rekognition stored, and how are they used by AWS?

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Answer 2

Amazon Rekognition may store and use image and video inputs processed by the service solely to provide and maintain the service and to improve and develop the quality of Amazon Rekognition and other Amazon machine-learning/artificial-intelligence technologies. Use of your content is necessary for continuous improvement of your Amazon Rekognition customer experience, including the development and training of related technologies. We do not use any personally identifiable information that may be contained in your content to target products, services or marketing to you or your end users. Your trust, privacy, and the security of your content are our highest priority and we implement appropriate and sophisticated technical and physical controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, your content and ensure that our use complies with our commitments to you. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/ for more information.

Question 3

Can I delete image and video inputs stored by Amazon Rekognition?

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Answer 3

Yes. You can request deletion of image and video inputs associated with your account by contacting AWS Support. Deleting image and video inputs may degrade your Amazon Rekognition experience.

Question 4

Who has access to my content that is processed and stored by Amazon Rekognition?

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Answer 4

Only authorized employees will have access to your content that is processed by Amazon Rekognition. Your trust, privacy, and the security of your content are our highest priority and we implement appropriate and sophisticated technical and physical controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, your content and ensure that our use complies with our commitments to you. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/ for more information.

Question 5

Do I still own my content that is processed and stored by Amazon Rekognition?

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Answer 5

You always retain ownership of your content and we will only use your content with your consent.

Question 6

Is the content processed by Amazon Rekognition moved outside the AWS region where I am using Amazon Rekognition?

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Answer 6

Any content processed by Amazon Rekognition is encrypted and stored at rest in the AWS region where you are using Amazon Rekognition. Some portion of content processed by Amazon Rekognition may be stored in another AWS region solely in connection with the continuous improvement and development of your Amazon Rekognition customer experience and other Amazon machine-learning/artificial-intelligence technologies. You can request deletion of image and video inputs associated with your account by contacting AWS Support. Your trust, privacy, and the security of your content are our highest priority and we implement appropriate and sophisticated technical and physical controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, your content and ensure that our use complies with our commitments to you. Please see https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/ for more information.

Question 7

Can I use Amazon Rekognition in connection with websites, programs or other applications that are directed or targeted to children under age 13 and subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)?

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Answer 7

Yes, subject to your compliance with the Amazon Rekognition Service Terms, including your obligation to provide any required notices and obtain any required verifiable parental consent under COPPA, you may use Amazon Rekognition in connection with websites, programs, or other applications that are directed or targeted, in whole or in part, to children under age 13.