New certifications reinforce Cloudflare’s commitment to privacy – demonstrating adherence todata protection standards in 39 jurisdictions around the worldDUBAI, UAE, 10th June, 2025 – Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloudcompany, today announced it is among the inaugural group of organizations officially certifiedunder two new global privacy standards, the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (Global CBPR)and the Global Privacy Recognition for Processors (Global PRP) systems. These brand newcertifications, launched by a forum of nine governments, allow organizations like Cloudflare tovoluntarily demonstrate their commitment to data protection and privacy standards when movingpersonal data across borders. With these new certifications, organizations can trust thatCloudflare has audited controls and protections in place around customer data.“Running a global business is getting more and more complex,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO at Cloudflare. “Global standards like the CBPR and PRP are importantbecause they can establish clear, consistent guidelines around data privacy, and make it easierfor organizations to scale and do business across borders. Cloudflare has a long history ofputting privacy first – helping build new industry protocols, building it into our products bydefault, and now we’re one of the first organizations to achieve these new global certifications.”The Global CBPR and Global PRP certifications were established by nine governments in thefollowing locations: Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States. The United Kingdom, Bermuda, Mauritius,and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) are CBPR Associate Members.These two new certifications help to bridge varying data protection laws from around the world,and allow companies to demonstrate their compliance to an internationally-recognized standard.The Global CBPR and Global PRP are a set of data protection and privacy standards to supportthe safe and secure movement of personal data across borders and build trust with consumersand businesses alike. The certifications cover 50 requirements on how organizations shouldcollect, manage, and safeguard personal information in their custody, based on nine guidingprinciples, including:• Preventing Harm• Notice• Collection Limitation• Uses of Personal Information• Choice• Integrity of Personal Information• Security Safeguards• Access and Correction• Accountability
Cloudflare is also currently certified under ISO 27701 and ISO 27018, which establishguidelines for how organizations process personally identifiable information (PII) in public cloudenvironments; as well as being verified compliant to the EU Cloud Code of Conduct. The EUCloud Code of Conduct is recognised under the GDPR in the 30 EEA countries (Austria,Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden).To learn more, please visit the resources below:• Global CBPR and Global PRP certifications: https://www.globalcbpr.org/privacy-certifications/• Blog: Cloudflare meets new Global Cross-Border Privacy (CBPR) standards• Cloudflare Trust Hub-Ends-Photo Caption: Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO at CloudflareAbout CloudflareCloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to helpbuild a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications andnetworks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’sconnectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products anddeveloper tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, andaccelerate their business.Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocksbillions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations –from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitariangroups, and governments across the globe.Learn more about Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud at cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud. Learnmore about the latest Internet trends and insights at https://radar.cloudflare.com.
Cloudflare Earns New Landmark Global Privacy Certifications,Building Trust Worldwide
