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California residents can exercise their privacy rights without risk of retaliation through service denial or price increases, as Cloudflare is expressly prohibited from taking such actions.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'such as', indicating the listed penalties are examples; only the two quoted examples are reflected in the canonical claim.
Exercising your California privacy rights will not result in Cloudflare denying you services or charging you more.
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The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services, or applications have a right under California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 to remove, or request and obtain removal of, content or information they have publicly posted.
You may also have the right to appeal requests that we deny by emailing privacy@anthropic.com.
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"You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination. This means that we will not penalize you for exercising your rights by taking actions such as denying you the Services; increasing the price/rate of the Services...Excerpt from Cloudflare's Privacy Policy
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California residents can exercise their privacy rights without risk of retaliation through service denial or price increases, as Cloudflare is expressly prohibited from taking such actions.
Exercising your California privacy rights will not result in Cloudflare denying you services or charging you more.
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