Read previewAmazon Web Services made major changes to its data-deletion process after Apple alerted the cloud giant about a potential security risk, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. However, the AWS cloud services involved store information such as software, text, audio, video, images, resource identifiers, metadata tags, and permissions. These people asked not to be identified discussing a sensitive cloud security issue. Security is a top priority for AWSAmazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman AmazonFor AWS, security has always been a top priority. The AWS security team suggested taking actions to "meaningfully improve" the quality of the data-deletion process and "define a clear guideline" around it.

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