# Subscription verification for providers in AWS Data Exchange **Important regulatory update** Effective April 8, 2025, you may not use AWS Data Exchange to provide products containing Bulk U.S. Sensitive Personal Data or U.S. Government-related Data to Countries of Concern or Covered Persons, as each is defined in the U.S. Department of Justice Final Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern and Covered Persons ("DOJ Rule"), available [here](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern). You are responsible for compliance with the DOJ Rule. To support compliance, subscription verification is now enabled for all AWS Data Exchange public offers and requires subscribers to identify if they are in a Country of Concern or a Covered Person. Subscription verification gives you the ability to review a potential subscriber’s identity and approve that subscriber for your product. Approving subscription requests to your product is useful when you have restricted or regulated products, or you have products that you want to limit access to. Subscription verification is on the **Subscription requests** tab in **Data Products**. Potential subscribers must complete and submit a form for your review. The form requires the following information: + Prospective subscriber's contact details, including contact name, company name, email address, and whether the subscriber is in a Country of Concern or a Covered Person. For more information on this requirement, see the [Publishing guidelines for AWS Data Exchange](publishing-guidelines.md). + Prospective subscriber's intended use case. + Prospective subscriber's AWS account ID. **Important** AWS Data Exchange doesn't review or validate the information provided by a prospective subscriber on the request form. You are solely responsible for reviewing and verifying the information that the subscriber provides. To view, approve, or decline all subscription verification requests for all of your products, in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal, under **Data Products**, choose **Subscription requests** tab. For more information, see [Approve or decline requests for subscription verification in AWS Data Exchange](approve-or-decline-requests.md). **Note** Each subscription request is uniquely identified using its ID. The ID is visible to both the provider and the subscriber. You can use the subscription request ID in your communications with the subscriber. If you change the product offer terms after a subscriber makes the request, the terms for that subscriber reflect the terms as they were at the time of the request, not the updated terms. Examples of changes to terms include the price, refund policy, or data subscription agreement. If you changed the product offer terms after the request was submitted, a message is displayed in the approval pane of the AWS Data Exchange console to indicate there is a difference between current terms and the terms in place when the request was made. The AWS Data Exchange console maintains a history of requests. You control when you delete the subscriber’s contact details and personally identifiable information (PII). For more information about how to view the request history, see [Viewing subscription verification requests](view-requests.md). The following topics provide more information about subscription verification for providers. **Topics** + [Email notifications](email-notifications-pro.md) + [Viewing subscription verification requests](view-requests.md) + [Approve or decline requests](approve-or-decline-requests.md) # Email notifications for subscription verification in AWS Data Exchange You will receive an email message to your AWS Marketplace registered Seller AWS account email address to notify you when an AWS Data Exchange subscription request is received, or when its status has changed to cancelled or expired. Although most subscription request status changes result in an email notification, the delivery of these email messages is on a best-effort basis. **Note** You will not receive email notifications for subscription request status changes that you have initiated yourself (for example, when you approve a subscription). You can create rules in your mail client to forward subscriber verification emails. These notification emails have the subject "AWS Data Exchange - Subscription Verification Request". # Viewing subscription verification requests After you publish a public offer and receive subscription verification requests, you can view the requests. **To view subscription verification requests** 1. Sign in to the [AWS Marketplace Management Portal](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management/). 1. Choose **Products**, **Data Products**. 1. Choose the **Subscription requests** tab. 1. In the **Subscription requests to verify** section, choose **Request history**. # Approve or decline requests for subscription verification in AWS Data Exchange **Important regulatory update** Effective April 8, 2025, you may not use AWS Data Exchange to provide products containing Bulk U.S. Sensitive Personal Data or U.S. Government-related Data to Countries of Concern or Covered Persons, as each is defined in the U.S. Department of Justice Final Rule on Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern and Covered Persons ("DOJ Rule"), available [here](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern). You are responsible for compliance with the DOJ Rule. To support compliance, subscription verification is now enabled for all AWS Data Exchange public offers and requires subscribers to identify if they are in a Country of Concern or a Covered Person. The subscriber information you collect through subscription verification must be used in accordance with AWS Marketplace Terms and Conditions. After you receive the subscription request for AWS Data Exchange, you have 45 days to approve or reject it. If you don't approve the request in that period of time, the request expires. Potential subscribers can resubmit a rejected request at any time, any number of times. ## Approving requests **To approve a subscription request** 1. Sign in to the [AWS Marketplace Management Portal](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management/products/data). 1. From the left side navigation menu, choose **Build**, **Data Products**. 1. At the top of the page, choose the **Subscription requests** tab. 1. In the **Subscription requests to verify** section, choose the subscription. 1. Choose **Approve**. ## Declining requests **To decline a subscription request** 1. Sign in to the [AWS Marketplace Management Portal](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/management/products/data). 1. From the left side navigation menu, choose **Build**, **Data Products**. 1. At the top of the page, choose the **Subscription requests** tab. 1. In the **Subscription requests to verify** section, choose the subscription. 1. Choose **Decline**.