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January 26, 2024 12:22 PM
Reflecting on the GDPR to celebrate Privacy Day 2024
On Privacy Day 2024, we answer the EU Commission’s call for reflection on how the GDPR has been functioning by pointing out two ways in which the GDPR has been applied that actually may harm people’s privacy...
December 05, 2023 6:00 AM
Latest copyright decision in Germany rejects blocking through global DNS resolvers
A recent decision from the Higher Regional Court of Cologne in Germany marked important progress for Cloudflare and the Internet in pushing back against misguided attempts to address online copyright infringement through the DNS system...
May 16, 2023 1:00 PM
Goodbye, section 2.8 and hello to Cloudflare’s new terms of service
We’re excited to announce new updates that will modernize our terms of service and hopefully cut down on customer confusion and frustration....
January 17, 2023 2:00 PM
Three new winners of Project Jengo, and more defeats for the patent troll
Announcing three new winners of Project Jengo, and a major case update in our ongoing fight against the patent troll Sable Networks....
September 03, 2022 10:15 PM
Blocking Kiwifarms
We have blocked Kiwifarms. Visitors to any of the Kiwifarms sites that use any of Cloudflare's services will see a Cloudflare block page and a link to this post. ...
August 31, 2022 1:00 PM
Cloudflare's abuse policies & approach
Cloudflare launched nearly twelve years ago. Over that time, our set of services has become much more complicated. With that complexity we have developed policies around how we handle abuse of different features Cloudflare provides...
May 05, 2022 2:53 PM
Arkansas engineer wins round 3 of Project Jengo, and Cloudflare continues to win at the Patent Office
The latest winner of Cloudflare’s Project Jengo, along with some important case updates...
May 03, 2022 2:58 PM
The deluge of digital attacks against journalists
In Uruguay today, UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Global Conference is underway, with a 2022 theme of “Journalism under Digital Siege.”
It is a fitting and timely theme...
April 03, 2022 1:28 AM
What Cloudflare is doing to keep the Open Internet flowing into Russia and keep attacks from getting out
Following Russia’s unjustified and tragic invasion of Ukraine in late February, the world has watched closely as Russian troops attempted to advance across Ukraine, only to be resisted and repelled by the Ukrainian people...
December 07, 2021 1:59 PM
Introducing the Customer Metadata Boundary
Cloudflare’s Data Localisation Suite now helps customers localise metadata about their HTTP traffic....
October 07, 2021 5:19 PM
In a win for the Internet, federal court rejects copyright infringement claim against Cloudflare
In Mon Cheri Bridals, LLC v. Cloudflare, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted Cloudflare’s motion for summary judgment and concluded that no reasonable jury could find Cloudflare liable for the alleged copyright infringement at is...
August 18, 2021 12:59 PM
The First Three Winners from Cloudflare’s Project Jengo 2 Share $20,000
In April 2021, Cloudflare relaunched Project Jengo, Cloudflare’s prior art search contest. Here are the first round winners and an update on the case....
April 26, 2021 1:00 PM
Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns
On March 15th, 2021, Cloudflare was sued by a patent troll called Sable Networks. Today, we are launching our efforts to fight back. ...
December 11, 2020 12:00 PM
How to Build a Global Network that Complies with Local Law
Running a global network that complies with different privacy laws around the world requires coming back to the values that we have championed since our founding....
June 11, 2020 1:00 PM
Project Galileo’s 6th year Anniversary: The Impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups on the Internet
Six years ago, Cloudflare started Project Galileo to provide free services to vulnerable nonprofits, journalism and independent media voices online who might otherwise be in danger of being silenced by cyberattacks. ...