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AWS wellarchitected documentation change

Service: wellarchitected · 2026-05-19 · Documentation low

File: wellarchitected/latest/userguide/data-protection.md

Summary

Modified GDPR reference from Security Blog post to dedicated GDPR Center page

Security assessment

Change improves access to compliance information but doesn't mitigate security risks or introduce new security content. Shared responsibility model explanation remains unchanged.

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diff --git a/wellarchitected/latest/userguide/data-protection.md b/wellarchitected/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
index 7b01652a7..b9aafedf4 100644
--- a//wellarchitected/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
+++ b//wellarchitected/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ Encryption at restEncryption in transitHow AWS uses your data
-The AWS [shared responsibility model](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/) applies to data protection in AWS Well-Architected Tool. As described in this model, AWS is responsible for protecting the global infrastructure that runs all of the AWS Cloud. You are responsible for maintaining control over your content that is hosted on this infrastructure. You are also responsible for the security configuration and management tasks for the AWS services that you use. For more information about data privacy, see the [Data Privacy FAQ](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/). For information about data protection in Europe, see the [AWS Shared Responsibility Model and GDPR](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/the-aws-shared-responsibility-model-and-gdpr/) blog post on the _AWS Security Blog_.
+The AWS [shared responsibility model](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/) applies to data protection in AWS Well-Architected Tool. As described in this model, AWS is responsible for protecting the global infrastructure that runs all of the AWS Cloud. You are responsible for maintaining control over your content that is hosted on this infrastructure. You are also responsible for the security configuration and management tasks for the AWS services that you use. For more information about data privacy, see [Data Privacy FAQ](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/data-privacy-faq/).  For information about data protection in Europe, see the [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Center](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/).