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Users of Cloudflare's Websites are subject to cookie-based and other tracking data collection, including for marketing purposes.
Interpretive note: The excerpt names two example purposes but signals others exist ('a variety of purposes, such as'). Only the two stated examples are reflected in the canonical claim.
Specific distinction between session and persistent cookies and detailed enumeration of cookie purposes was removed, reducing granularity of cookie disclosure.
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Cookies may also allow us and our service providers to collect data about your use of our services, including text you enter, screen recordings of your mouse movements, and other interactions as you browse and use our services, even if you don't have an account or Profile.
These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor.
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"We may use cookies and other information-gathering technologies for a variety of purposes, such as providing us with information about how you interact with our Websites and assisting us in our marketing efforts.Excerpt from Cloudflare's Privacy Policy
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Users of Cloudflare's Websites are subject to cookie-based and other tracking data collection, including for marketing purposes.
Cloudflare may track how you interact with its Websites and use that data for marketing.
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