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For businesses relying on Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, or DDoS protection, an unexpected account termination with no notice can cause immediate service outages with no time to migrate to an alternative provider.
This clause means your website, application, or infrastructure relying on Cloudflare could go offline without warning if Cloudflare exercises its right to terminate, creating operational risk for any business that has not prepared a continuity plan independent of Cloudflare's services.
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"Cloudflare may terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. Cloudflare reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.Excerpt from Cloudflare's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Termination without cause provisions in infrastructure services agreements are evaluated under general commercial contract principles.
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For businesses relying on Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, or DDoS protection, an unexpected account termination with no notice can cause immediate service outages with no time to migrate to an alternative provider.
This clause means your website, application, or infrastructure relying on Cloudflare could go offline without warning if Cloudflare exercises its right to terminate, creating operational risk for any business that has not prepared a continuity plan independent of Cloudflare's services.
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