For communications concerning the Agreement, the text asks you to write to Amazon.com, Attn: Legal Department, P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108-1226. It gives only a postal address, with no email, form or phone route in this text. The wording is "please write", so it is an instruction for where to write, not a statement that other channels are refused or that mail to that address is a required or exclusive method of giving notice.
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For communications concerning the Agreement, please write to Amazon.com, Attn: Legal Department, P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108-1226.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Please write" is a request; the text does not make this the only way to contact Amazon about the Agreement.
Not stated here
Whether notices or legal claims must be sent to this address, and when a letter counts as received, is not stated.
The Agreement includes the Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use, which may have their own contact routes; they are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Version date shown on the terms
The page shows these terms as last updated on May 29, 2020. The supplied text announces no successor version or future effective date.
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Last Updated: May 29, 2020
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The date is a last-updated label; the date the terms first took effect is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Who the agreement is with and what it includes
The agreement is between you and Amazon.com Services LLC (with its affiliates, together called Amazon, we or us) and covers the Amazon maps service, its data and associated software, which the text calls the Service. The text defines the Agreement as these Terms of Use together with all rules and policies related to the Service, including specific rules, usage restrictions and other conditions or procedures Amazon posts or updates on or through the Service or on Amazon.com, plus the Amazon.com Privacy Notice and the Amazon.com Conditions of Use. Because the Agreement includes rules Amazon may post or update, its content can extend beyond the text on this page.
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This is an agreement between you and Amazon.com Services LLC (with its affiliates, "Amazon", "we" or "us") regarding the Amazon maps service, data and associated software (collectively, the "Service").
all rules and policies related to the Service (including any specific rules, usage restrictions and other conditions or procedures that we post or update on or through the Service or on Amazon.com)
Qualifications & exceptions
The Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use are named parts of the Agreement but their text is not part of this document.
Not stated here
The linked Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use are not supplied here, and the text states no priority between them and these Terms of Use.
The specific rules and policies Amazon may post or update on or through the Service or on Amazon.com are not identified or supplied.
Before using the Service you are asked to read the Terms of Use, related rules and policies, the Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use. If you use the Service, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. The text describes agreement through use and does not describe a separate sign-up step or acceptance control.
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Before using the Service, please read these Terms of Use, all rules and policies related to the Service
If you use the Service, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
Qualifications & exceptions
Agreement is stated to follow from use; the reading step is a request ("please read"), not a condition.
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The text does not say whether acceptance is confirmed on screen, or how a minor is treated.
Content & IP Rights · Context
What the Service provides and where its data comes from
The Service gives access to maps, route and traffic information, satellite and street imagery, business listings, reviews and other related information, which the text calls Map Data. The Service may provide Map Data from multiple sources, including other users. The list of Map Data is open-ended ("and other related information").
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The Service provides access to maps, route and traffic information, satellite and street imagery, business listings, reviews, and other related information (collectively, "Map Data").
The Service may provide Map Data from multiple sources, including other users
Qualifications & exceptions
Sources are described as "multiple sources, including other users"; the other sources are not named.
Not stated here
Which sources other than other users supply Map Data is not stated.
How content from other users is collected or reviewed is not stated here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Map Data is for planning only and may be wrong
The Service and its Map Data are intended for planning purposes only. The text lists local weather conditions, construction projects, detours, closures, the passage of time, incomplete or incorrect Map Data, or other circumstances that may make actual travel conditions, routes and locations differ from the Map Data. It tells you to always remain aware of your surroundings and exercise good judgment when using the Service. This is a statement that Map Data may be inaccurate; the warranty disclaimer itself is in the Conditions of Use, not supplied here.
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is intended for planning purposes only
Local weather conditions, construction projects, detours, closures, the passage of time, incomplete or incorrect Map Data, or other circumstances may cause actual travel conditions, routes, and locations to differ from the Map Data.
You should always remain aware of your surroundings and exercise good judgment when using the Service.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Should always remain aware" is guidance to you rather than a stated condition of access.
Not stated here
The disclaimer of warranties and any other effect of the planning-only statement are not stated in this text.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
A data connection is required and the Service may be offered only in some places
Use of the Service requires a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. Amazon may offer the Service only in certain jurisdictions; the text names no jurisdictions.
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Use of the Service requires a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. We may offer the Service only in certain jurisdictions.
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Which jurisdictions the Service is offered in is not stated.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): No use with navigation, dispatch or wireless devices unless Amazon licensed it — contrast: The Service requires a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection, while 2.3(b) bars use with or in communication with mobile or wireless-connected devices unless Amazon has specifically licensed it. The text does not say how these fit together for ordinary mobile use.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
You may not get around technical limits on use
If Amazon imposes technical measures that restrict usage of the Service or parts of it, you may not interfere with or circumvent them, or attempt to. The text does not describe what the measures are.
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If we impose technical measures to restrict usage of the Service (or portions thereof), you may not interfere, circumvent or attempt to interfere or circumvent such technical measures.
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The technical measures themselves are not described.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Software is covered by the Conditions of Use
The Service includes Map Data and software for your use in connection with the Service, which the text calls the Software. Terms contained in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use apply to your use of the Software. This text does not itself set out a software license.
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The Service includes Map Data and software for your use in connection with the Service (the "Software").
apply to your use of the Software.
Not stated here
The Conditions of Use are linked but not supplied here, so the software license terms they hold are not known from this document.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Third-party licensors have additional terms for parts of the Service
Some parts of the Service are provided by third-party licensors. Additional terms apply to third-party software included in the Service and are on a separate page titled Amazon Maps: Other Terms and Notices. Additional terms for the parts provided by licensor Nokia, Inc. are at a separate Nokia web address. Both are references to documents outside this text.
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2.2 Third Party Terms of Use. Some parts of the Service are provided by third party licensors. For additional terms that apply to third party Software included within the Service, please see
For additional terms that apply to the portions of the Services provided by our licensor, Nokia, Inc. ("Nokia"), please see
Not stated here
The text of Amazon Maps: Other Terms and Notices and of Nokia's terms is not supplied in this document, so what they require of you is unknown.
Which parts of the Service are provided by which licensor is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Nokia can enforce these terms against you
The text says Nokia has the right to enforce these terms against you as a third-party beneficiary of the Agreement. The text describes Nokia as a third-party beneficiary of the Agreement rather than a party to it. The sentence does not say whether "these terms" means the Nokia terms mentioned just before it or the whole Agreement.
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Nokia has the right to enforce these terms against you as a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Qualifications & exceptions
Ambiguous reference: "these terms" is not tied to the Nokia terms or the whole Agreement.
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The scope of what Nokia may enforce and how is not stated.
Whether other licensors have the same right is not stated.
You may use the Service only for personal, non-commercial use. Of the three restrictions in this section, the text attaches its license exception only to the one on vehicle navigation and device uses; it states no exception for this personal-use limit.
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You may use the Service only for personal, non-commercial use.
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The text does not define commercial use or give examples.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Do not copy, modify or reuse Map Data or Software outside the Service
You may not copy, modify, or create derivative works of any Map Data or Software. The same sentence continues with "otherwise use the Map Data or Software in any way outside of the Service", with no conjunction before "otherwise"; it most naturally reads as also barring any use of Map Data or Software outside the Service, but the wording is missing a joining word.
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You may not copy, modify, or create derivative works of any Map Data or Software otherwise use the Map Data or Software in any way outside of the Service.
Qualifications & exceptions
Drafting gap: no "or" before "otherwise use".
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Whether ordinary personal viewing, saving or sharing of a route counts as use outside the Service is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No use with navigation, dispatch or wireless devices unless Amazon licensed it
Except where Amazon has specifically licensed you, you may not use the Service (a) with any products, systems or applications capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real-time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications; or (b) with or in communication with any positioning devices or any mobile or wireless-connected electronic or computer devices. The only stated exception is a specific license from Amazon. Read literally, (b) reaches mobile and wireless-connected devices, while the Service itself requires a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection; the text does not reconcile the two.
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Except where you have been specifically licensed by Amazon, you may not use the Service (a) with any products, systems, or applications capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management or similar applications; or (b) with or in communication with any positioning devices or any mobile or wireless-connected electronic or computer devices.
Qualifications & exceptions
Exception applies only where you have been "specifically licensed by Amazon".
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How a specific license is obtained is not stated.
The text does not say how a wireless-connected device restriction applies to ordinary mobile use of the Service.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
The Service may send Amazon queries, logs and real-time device location
The Service may provide Amazon with information such as queries, problem reports, usage logs, your device type, network connectivity, real-time geographic location of your device, content used through the Service, or occurrences of technical errors, and other information about your use of the Service and the device you use it on. The text says "may", the list is introduced by "such as" and ends with "other information", so it is not a complete list. It states no purpose. The next sentence makes any information Amazon receives subject to the Amazon.com Privacy Notice, which is not supplied here, so how this information is used, kept or shared is not known from this document.
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The Service may provide Amazon with information such as queries, problem reports, usage logs, your device type, network connectivity, real-time geographic location of your device, content used through the Service, or occurrences of technical errors and other information regarding your use of the Service and the device on which you use the Service.
Any information we receive is subject to the
Qualifications & exceptions
"May" and "such as" leave the list open and non-exhaustive.
Any information Amazon receives is stated to be subject to the Amazon.com Privacy Notice.
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No purpose, retention period or sharing for this information is stated here.
Whether real-time location is sent continuously, only while the Service is open, or only on a request is not stated.
Linking & Identification · Context
Information Amazon receives is subject to the Privacy Notice
Any information Amazon receives through the Service is subject to the Amazon.com Privacy Notice. This text does not itself say how that information is used, kept or shared.
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Any information we receive is subject to the
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The Privacy Notice is linked but not supplied here, so its use, retention and sharing terms are unknown from this document.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Amazon can change the Service and amend the Agreement without notice
Amazon may change, suspend or discontinue the Service or any part of it at any time without notice. It may also amend the Agreement at its sole discretion by posting the revised terms, and your continued use of the Service after an amendment is treated as your agreement to be bound by it. Because the defined Agreement includes the Privacy Notice, Conditions of Use and posted rules, this power as written is stated over all of them; how it interacts with change terms inside those other documents is not shown here.
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We may change, suspend or discontinue the Service, or any part of it, at any time without notice.
We may amend the Agreement at our sole discretion by posting the revised terms. Your continued use of the Service after any amendment evidences your agreement to be bound by it.
Qualifications & exceptions
No advance notice is promised for either power.
Not stated here
No effective date, notification channel or right to refuse an amendment is described here.
Refunds or compensation if the Service is discontinued are not addressed.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Your rights end automatically if you do not comply
Your rights under the Agreement terminate automatically and without notice if you fail to comply with its terms. Amazon's failure to enforce strict compliance does not waive any of its rights. The text states no cure period and does not say which failures count.
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Your rights under the Agreement will automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with the terms of the Agreement.
Amazon's failure to enforce your strict compliance with the Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights.
Qualifications & exceptions
Termination is automatic and without notice; non-enforcement by Amazon does not waive rights.
Not stated here
No cure period or process to restore rights is described.
Which terms count for this rule is not narrowed; the Agreement includes the Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
Amazon can end or restrict your use at its discretion
Amazon may terminate the Agreement or restrict, suspend or terminate your use of the Service at its discretion at any time without notice. Unlike the automatic termination rule, this power is not tied to any breach or other condition in the text.
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We may terminate the Agreement or restrict, suspend or terminate your use of the Service at our discretion at any time without notice.
Not stated here
Any consequence for data or purchases when use is ended is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Disputes follow the Conditions of Use, including binding arbitration
Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to the Agreement or the Service is subject to the binding arbitration, governing law, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability and all other terms in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use. This document sets none of those terms itself; it hands them to the Conditions of Use.
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Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to the Agreement or the Service is subject to the binding arbitration, governing law, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability and all other terms in the
Qualifications & exceptions
The scope is any dispute or claim "arising from or relating to" the Agreement or the Service.
Not stated here
The arbitration process, any opt-out, small-claims or class-action rules and the governing law are in the Conditions of Use, which is not supplied here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Liability is capped at $50, except as required by law for personal injury
Amazon's and its licensors' total liability to you for all damages arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the Service is limited to $50.00. The only carve-out is anything required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury. The limits apply even if remedies fail of their essential purpose. This is stated as without limiting the warranty disclaimer and liability limitation in the Conditions of Use, which therefore add to it.
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in no event will our or our licensors' total liability to you for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury) arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the Service exceed the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00).
These limitations will apply to you even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.
Without limiting the disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability in the
Qualifications & exceptions
The cap is a total across all damages, not per claim.
Applies even if remedies fail of their essential purpose.
Not stated here
The Conditions of Use limitation and disclaimer that this adds to are not supplied here.
No exception for matters other than personal injury is stated in this text.
Cross-references
related (model-proposed): Disputes follow the Conditions of Use, including binding arbitration — references: The $50 cap is stated without limiting the Conditions of Use disclaimer and liability limitation, and 4.3 sends disputes to those Conditions of Use terms; both depend on a document not supplied here.