US. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

 

 

File No. 

Washington Field Office
601 Fourth Street NW
Washington, DC 20535-0002
December 19, 2016

CloudFlare, Inc. Legal Department
CloudFlare, Inc.

101 Townsend Street

San Francisco, CA 9410?
650?319?8930

Dear CloudFlare, Inc. Legal Department:

Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 2709
(Section 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986), the
FBI issued a National Security Letter (NSL) to CloudFlare.
The NSL included a nondisclosure requirement that prohibited you, any
officer, employee, or agent of your company from disclosing the letter
and that the FBI had sought or obtained access to information, other than
to those to whom disclosure was necessary to comply with the letter or to
an attorney to obtain legal advice or legal assistance with respect to
the letter. Consistent with the requirements of the USA FREEDOM Act of
2015 and the Termination Procedures for NSL Nondisclosure Requirement,
the FBI has reviewed whether to continue the nondisclosure requirement
in the NSL and determined that nondisclosure is no longer necessary
with respect to all information contained in the NSL except as set forth
below.

Accordingly, and consistent with law, you may exercise your
discretion to disclose the following:

The fact that you received the NSL on a Certain date;

The customer account(s) for which information was sought; and
Whether or not you provided responsive information to the FBI
pursuant to the NSL.

If you choose, you may disclose the NSL itself provided that doing
so would be consistent with other legal obligations.you may have.
However, consistent with the relevant statute, the FBI requests that the

 

name and telephone number of the FBI Special Agent included on the NSL be
redacted because disclosure may result in danger to the life or physical

safety of a person. Please note that the name and telephone number of

the FBI Special Agent might appear in two places on the NSL and should be
redacted accordingly: .

- In the paragraph discussing your right to challenge the NSL, in
the sentence that reads, "That notice must be mailed or faxed to
the FBI Washington Field Office Field Office, attention [redact
name and telephone number], with a c0py to FBI HQ, attention:
General Counsel (fax number: 202?324-5366) and must reference
the date of the NSL and the identification number found on the
upper left corner of the 

Near the last page of the NSL, in a sentence that reads, "Any
questions you have regarding this letter should be directed
to the FBI Washington Field Office Field Office or attention

[redact name and telephone number]."

Please direct any questions you have regarding this letter to the
Washington Field Office FBI Field Office.

Sincerely,
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Special Agent in Charge
washington Field Office