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AWS toolkit-for-vscode documentation change

Service: toolkit-for-vscode · 2026-05-31 · Documentation low

File: toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/data-protection.md

Summary

Updated product name references from 'Visual Studio Code' to 'VS Code' throughout the document

Security assessment

Changes are purely cosmetic branding updates without altering security guidance. No vulnerabilities or security improvements are addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/data-protection.md b/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
index d5aa37117..bbd7d6d92 100644
--- a//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
+++ b//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/data-protection.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Data protection in AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
+# Data protection in AWS Toolkit for VS Code
@@ -9 +9 @@
-The AWS [shared responsibility model](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/) applies to data protection in AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. 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/).
+The AWS [shared responsibility model](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/) applies to data protection in AWS Toolkit for VS Code. 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/).
@@ -28 +28 @@ For data protection purposes, we recommend that you protect AWS account credenti
-We strongly recommend that you never put confidential or sensitive information, such as your customers' email addresses, into tags or free-form text fields such as a **Name** field. This includes when you work with AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code or other AWS services using the console, API, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs. Any data that you enter into tags or free-form text fields used for names may be used for billing or diagnostic logs. If you provide a URL to an external server, we strongly recommend that you do not include credentials information in the URL to validate your request to that server.
+We strongly recommend that you never put confidential or sensitive information, such as your customers' email addresses, into tags or free-form text fields such as a **Name** field. This includes when you work with Toolkit for VS Code or other AWS services using the console, API, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs. Any data that you enter into tags or free-form text fields used for names may be used for billing or diagnostic logs. If you provide a URL to an external server, we strongly recommend that you do not include credentials information in the URL to validate your request to that server.