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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.
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Exercising your California privacy rights will not result in Cloudflare denying you services or charging you more.
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California residents have the right to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information...to third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless we provide them with an ability to exercise choice regarding such disclosures.
"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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