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Exclusion of Indirect and Consequential Damages

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This exclusion removes entire categories of damages—often the largest in a dispute—from any claim a user or third party could bring against Cloudflare relating to Service use.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader cannot recover indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages from Cloudflare or its related entities for any claim arising out of or relating to access to or use of the Services.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

TINDER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, RECEIVES, AND/OR ACTS ON THROUGH OUR SERVICES, NOR DOES TINDER ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS...

Perplexity AI Medium

we do not warrant that Offering descriptions are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

Skillshare Medium

Please note that these third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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IN NO EVENT WILL THE CLOUDFLARE ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF...THE SERVICES...

— Excerpt from Cloudflare's Cloudflare Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
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-069246
Document ID
CA-D-00281
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/
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Content hash (SHA-256)
45acb643a3b6edd3301a3c5d7ef5b0c928f44854f4ea9f123c0703d7dac52ef9
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 23:13 UTC
Methodology
summarize_document-v8
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Cloudflare
Document: Cloudflare Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-069246
Captured: 2026-05-09 23:13:36 UTC
SHA-256: 45acb643a3b6edd3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/cloudflare/cloudflare-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-069246/exclusion-of-indirect-and-consequential-damages/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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Classification
Severity
High
Categories
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Cloudflare's Exclusion of Indirect and Consequential Damages clause do?

This exclusion removes entire categories of damages—often the largest in a dispute—from any claim a user or third party could bring against Cloudflare relating to Service use.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader cannot recover indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages from Cloudflare or its related entities for any claim arising out of or relating to access to or use of the Services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 288 platforms. See the full comparison.

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