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Does Amazon Q Business train on your data?

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Doesn't train by default

Doesn't train on business data by default.

Short answer: No

"Amazon Q Business does not use customer data for service improvement or for improving underlying LLMs." Note: AWS says Q Business is no longer open to new customers (see Amazon Quick).

Source: docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/service-improvement.html

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1/7 assurances found·2 of 9 fields confirmed from vendor pages

Below: retention, SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001, DPA, BAA, data residency and zero-retention for Amazon Q Business, each linked to AWS's own page.

Summary of AWS's public pages as of Oct 17, 2026. Not legal advice: terms vary by plan and contract and can change. Confirm with AWS before relying on it.

Trains on your data by default

No

"Amazon Q Business does not use customer data for service improvement or for improving underlying LLMs." Note: AWS says Q Business is no longer open to new customers (see Amazon Quick).

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Data retention

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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SOC 2 Type II

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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ISO/IEC 27001

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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ISO/IEC 42001

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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DPA available

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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BAA / HIPAA

Yes

HIPAA eligible service.

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Data residency options

Unknown

Docs reference cross-region inference.

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Zero-retention option

Unknown

Not stated on the AWS pages we checked.

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https://aws.amazon.com/q/business/faqs/Oct 17, 2026106508970b81…
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/data-protection.htmlOct 17, 2026d53c7c13e0b6…
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/service-improvement.htmlOct 17, 20265fda4bff69b0…

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