AWS Certification Program Agreement

This AWS Certification Program Agreement (the “CPA”) contains terms that govern your participation in the AWS Certification Program (as defined below), entered into between Amazon Web Services, Inc. (“AWS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you (“you”), and is made a part of the AWS Customer Agreement (available at http://www.aws.amazon.com/agreement) (the “Customer Agreement”), as it may be updated from time to time. By accepting these terms, you represent to us that you are lawfully able to enter into this CPA. If you are between 13 and 17 years of age, your parent or legal guardian must accept the terms of this CPA on your behalf in order for you to participate in the Program. Capitalized terms not defined in this CPA have the meanings set forth in the Customer Agreement.

To participate in the Program you must comply with all requirements applicable to the Program including as provided in the Customer Agreement, this CPA, and on the AWS Certification Site (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Certification Requirements”).

To obtain an AWS Certification, you must take the applicable Certification Exam and receive a passing score. Each AWS Certification is valid for a period of 3 years following the date on which you successfully pass the applicable Certification Exam.

If you obtain an AWS Certification, we grant you the limited right to use the name of the specific AWS Certification that you obtained and the associated AWS Marks, which will be made available in your AWS Certification account or through our third-party digital badge provider. You may only use the AWS Marks in accordance with the AWS Trademark Use Guidelines (available at http://aws.amazon.com/trademark-guidelines/) and only to indicate your status as holding a valid AWS Certification. We may revoke your right to use any AWS Mark associated with the AWS Certification at any time by giving you written notice.

You will comply with all rules and regulations applicable to registration, administration, scoring and reporting of the Certification Exam as set forth by AWS and by a Certification Exam Provider, including, without limitation, fully and truthfully cooperating with any investigation into testing irregularities. In addition, you will not:
(a) receive or provide unauthorized assistance, or submit work that is not your own;
(b) possess, access, or use unauthorized materials including Unauthorized Content Disclosures of any Certification Exam or Testing Materials;
(c) falsify your identity or identification documents, or misuse any testing identification number, username, or other credentials that have been provided to you;
(d) allow another individual to test under your identity; 
(e) claim exam results that you did not validly obtain; 
(f) disclose or disseminate the content of any Certification Exam or Testing Materials;
(g) consume, smoke, or be under the influence of alcohol or drugs during any Certification Exam;
(h) engage in disruptive, abusive, threatening, or destructive behavior during any Certification Exam; or
(i) use or run any hardware or software during the time that you are taking a Certification Exam that could be used to violate the Certification Requirements (such as additional monitors and remote desktop or screen sharing software).

If you do not pass a Certification Exam, you may retake that Certification Exam only in accordance with the retake policy as described on the AWS Certification Site.

You agree that all Testing Materials, including Certification Exams, are AWS Confidential Information. AWS owns all right, title and interest in its Confidential Information, including all technology and intellectual property rights. You may not use, disclose, reproduce, copy, transmit, distribute, or make derivative works of AWS Confidential Information in any form.

If you hold one or more active AWS Certifications, you may earn additional benefits as described on the AWS Certification Site. All benefits are non-transferable and intended for use solely by the individual who earned the benefit and by the AWS Certification account to which the benefit was originally assigned. If AWS, in its sole discretion, determines you misused, transferred, or allowed improper access to a benefit, AWS may invalidate the exam result related to your misconduct. We will not reinstate the benefit, and you will not be eligible for a refund or any compensation as a result of such action.

AWS will use your Account Information and personal information in accordance with the AWS Privacy Notice (available at https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/). You consent to AWS’s use of your personal information (as defined by the Privacy Notice) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security and validity of Certification Exams.

If we determine that you have violated the terms of this CPA before, during, or after a Certification Exam, we may take action including: cancelling the results of any Certification Exam, requiring you to retake a Certification Exam to validate a passing score, terminating your rights under this CPA, and prohibiting you from participating in the Program. We will not refund any testing fees if we take any such action.

AWS performs regular data forensic and other statistical analysis of its Certification Exams. If we detect anomalies in your exam score based on data forensic or other statistical analysis, AWS may take any of the actions described in Section 2.6. You will not be eligible for a refund or other compensation if we take any such action.

The term of this CPA will begin when you click an “I Accept” button or check box presented with these terms, or otherwise schedule or sit for an AWS Certification Exam, and will continue until the termination of your Customer Agreement, the termination of your access to the Program, or at such time that you no longer hold a valid AWS Certification.

Upon termination of this CPA, your AWS Certifications will become invalid and you may no longer use the AWS Marks or claim to hold an AWS Certification. Your obligation to cooperate with any investigation into testing irregularities, and to adhere to all confidentiality provisions, will remain in effect.

NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, LICENSORS OR CERTIFICATION EXAM PROVIDERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT, OR DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR OTHER INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES) ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH: (I) YOUR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE AWS CERTIFICATION OR OTHER INABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF ANY (A) TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THIS CPA, OR (B) OUR DISCONTINUATION OF ANY AWS CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION EXAM, OR ALL OR PART OF THE PROGRAM; OR (II) ANY INVESTMENTS, EXPENDITURES, OR COMMITMENTS BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CPA OR YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM.   THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.   

We may from time to time modify this CPA. We will notify you of changes by posting them on the CPA website location at https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-agreement/ (the “CPA Site”) or by sending you an email using the email address then associated with your AWS Certification account. You are responsible for checking the CPA Site regularly for changes. Changes will be effective as of the date we post such changes or, if we notify you by email, as stated in the email message. By continuing to participate in the AWS Certification Program, you agree to comply with the most current version of this CPA. We last modified this CPA on the date listed at the beginning of this CPA.