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Cloudflare Benchmarking Rights Against Your Services

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 108 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Lime Medium

Don't do anything that places an unreasonably large load on our Services' infrastructure, use any robots, spiders, scrapers or other automated means to access our Services, try to interfere with the proper working of our Service or attempt to bypass any of our security measures

Discord Medium

Because these services are operated by third parties, we don't control them or what information they collect.

Roblox Medium

We may also ask you to verify your identity by providing a government-issued photo ID through a third-party vendor. This feature is only available to users who are 13 or over.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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you...agree that we may perform and disclose the results of benchmark tests of your services, irrespective of any restrictions on benchmarks in the terms governing your services

Excerpt from Cloudflare's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Cloudflare Terms of Use
Entity
Cloudflare
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 9, 2026
Last verified
May 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-069163
Document ID
CA-D-00281
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
45acb643a3b6edd3301a3c5d7ef5b0c928f44854f4ea9f123c0703d7dac52ef9
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 23:13 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Cloudflare
Document: Cloudflare Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-069163
Captured: 2026-05-09 23:13:36 UTC
SHA-256: 45acb643a3b6edd3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cloudflare/cloudflare-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-069163/cloudflare-benchmarking-rights-against-your-services/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
Categories

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Cloudflare's Cloudflare Benchmarking Rights Against Your Services clause do?

The clause states: “you...agree that we may perform and disclose the results of benchmark tests of your services, irrespective of any restrictions on benchmarks in the terms governing your services”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 108 platforms. See the full comparison.

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