If Cloudflare gets sued or incurs legal costs because of something you did, posted, or how you used the service, you are legally responsible for paying Cloudflare's legal fees and any damages.
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The indemnification clause establishes a cost-shifting mechanism that allocates legal and financial responsibility for disputes related to subscriber conduct or content to the subscriber, rather than to Cloudflare, thereby defining the financial exposure structure between the parties.
If anyone sues Cloudflare because of content on your website or how you used their services, you must pay Cloudflare's legal costs and any resulting damages, creating potentially large and unpredictable financial exposure.
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"You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Cloudflare and its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Services, (ii) your User Content, or (iii) your violation of these Terms.Excerpt from Cloudflare's Terms of Use
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Indemnification clauses are primarily matters of contract law, governed here by Delaware law per the agreement's choice-of-law provision.
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The indemnification clause establishes a cost-shifting mechanism that allocates legal and financial responsibility for disputes related to subscriber conduct or content to the subscriber, rather than to Cloudflare, thereby defining the financial exposure structure between the parties.
If anyone sues Cloudflare because of content on your website or how you used their services, you must pay Cloudflare's legal costs and any resulting damages, creating potentially large and unpredictable financial exposure.
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