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We will verify your identity first before we can fulfill your request. We will respond to your request within the timeframe as required or permitted by the local laws.
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to your request, which may include verifying your name, email address, and other information regarding your use of our services...
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, we will not act on that request unless we are able to authenticate, with commercially reasonable efforts, both your identity and the authorized agent's authority to act on your behalf.
"We do not impose verification protocols for processing opt out requests unless we have reason to question the authenticity of a requester's identity, in which case we may request evidence of identity and California residency.Excerpt from Cloudflare's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We do not impose verification protocols for processing opt out requests unless we have reason to question the authenticity of a requester's identity, in which case we may request evidence of identity and California residency.”
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