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Customers solely responsible for End User compliance

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Key Facts

Who is solely responsible for establishing policies and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the collection of personal information?
Cloudflare's Customers are solely responsible for establishing policies and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations relating to the collection of personal information in connection with End Users' use of Cloudflare's Services.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Cloudflare expressly disclaims responsibility for its Customers' compliance obligations toward End Users, shifting all such legal accountability to the Customer.

Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with an ellipsis, suggesting additional content exists that is not reflected in the canonical claim.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 6356 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If you are an End User of a business that uses Cloudflare, that business—not Cloudflare—is solely responsible for legal compliance regarding your personal information.

How other platforms handle this

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If you use this website from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with local Applicable Laws.

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Tinder Medium

You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us or any other user is accurate, including any information submitted through third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.

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Our Customers are solely responsible for establishing policies for and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including those relating to the collection of personal information, in connection with the use of our Services by End Users...

Excerpt from Cloudflare's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Cloudflare Privacy Policy
Entity
Cloudflare
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 9, 2026
Last verified
May 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-036902
Document ID
CA-D-00282
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
a064dbc72c132183a5977f85d35f4fcab210be3ae8baa95a0ce1278288c6ad03
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 18:32 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Cloudflare
Document: Cloudflare Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-036902
Captured: 2026-05-09 18:32:48 UTC
SHA-256: a064dbc72c132183…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cloudflare/cloudflare-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-036902/customers-solely-responsible-for-end-user-compliance/
Accessed: Aug. 24, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Cloudflare's Customers solely responsible for End User compliance clause do?

Cloudflare expressly disclaims responsibility for its Customers' compliance obligations toward End Users, shifting all such legal accountability to the Customer.

How does this clause affect you?

If you are an End User of a business that uses Cloudflare, that business—not Cloudflare—is solely responsible for legal compliance regarding your personal information.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 297 platforms. See the full comparison.

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