# Approve or decline requests for subscription verification in AWS Data Exchange
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**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
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**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
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**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**.