Home Office: Amazon Web Services

(asked on 11th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether Amazon Web Services has the right under its contract with the Home Office, agreed on 30 November, to move Home Office data out of the UK when it deems it necessary to provide the services initiated by the customer, as stated in the GDPR Data Processing Addendum attached to the contract.


Answered by
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
This question was answered on 11th January 2024

The supplier shall not process or otherwise transfer Home Office data outside of the United Kingdom unless the prior written consent of the Home Office has been obtained.

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