When you use Cloudflare's services, you grant Cloudflare a broad license to use content you transmit through or post to their platform for their own business purposes, including promotion of their services.
This analysis describes what Cloudflare's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The license granted covers a wide range of uses including public display and promotion, which may be broader than users expect for content transmitted through an infrastructure service like a CDN or security proxy.
Interpretive note: The practical scope of the license is constrained by a stated purpose limitation, but the breadth of permitted uses relative to infrastructure services may be subject to varying interpretations depending on the type of content involved and applicable jurisdiction.
This clause means Cloudflare can use content you submit or display through their services for their own promotional and operational purposes without paying you, though the license is tied to the purpose of operating and promoting the services rather than unrestricted commercial use.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
Paid Subscribers can select whether Content is public or private.
If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you give Cloudflare a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through the Services for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting the Services.Excerpt from Cloudflare's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Content license provisions in cloud services agreements are evaluated under copyright law and, where personal data is involved, under applicable privacy regulations including GDPR and CCPA.
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The license granted covers a wide range of uses including public display and promotion, which may be broader than users expect for content transmitted through an infrastructure service like a CDN or security proxy.
This clause means Cloudflare can use content you submit or display through their services for their own promotional and operational purposes without paying you, though the license is tied to the purpose of operating and promoting the services rather than unrestricted commercial use.
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