Tool library

Hosting & infrastructure

Cloudflare

CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and bot management.

Vendor

Cloudflare, Inc.

United States

Default data location: multiple countries worldwide

Data processed

IdentifiersDevice and technical data

Commonly used in

Questions we’ll ask you

Your answers change which clauses are included.

Do you use Cloudflare Bot Management or Turnstile challenges?

YesNo

Cookies

NameCategoryPurposeDuration
__cf_bmStrictly necessaryDistinguishes humans from bots (depends on setup)30 minutes
cf_clearanceStrictly necessaryRemembers that you passed a security challenge (depends on setup)Up to 1 year

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How this tool appears in a Privacy Policy, using example answers and a sample company.

  • Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc., United States) — provides content delivery, DNS and security services. It processes IP addresses and request data in its global network to protect the Service against attacks and abuse. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

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