{
  "slug": "cloudflare-email-routing",
  "category": "email-forwarding",
  "name": "Cloudflare Email Routing",
  "description": "Free Cloudflare service that forwards mail sent to addresses on a custom domain to existing inboxes or to Cloudflare Workers.",
  "website": "https://www.cloudflare.com/products/email-routing/",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 48,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Cloudflare Email Routing scores 48 out of 100 (grade D) on the email forwarding and aliases criteria. It meets 7 of 15 criteria: no ads or data sales, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, no stored mail, custom domains and Sender Rewriting Scheme. It partly meets security headers and ARC sealing. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, end-to-end encryption, open protocols and sign up without personal data. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/cloudflare-email-routing/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-forwarding/cloudflare-email-routing/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/",
      "note": "The website loads Google Tag Manager and uses cookies for interest-based advertising."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/",
      "note": "Funded by paid Cloudflare plans. The privacy policy states that personal information is not sold."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published. Compliance reports are only available to customers."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.cloudflare.com/transparency/",
      "note": "Publishes counts of legal requests and how they were handled twice a year."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/zItVXCvbb4LZpYG4Uh10R/7b27bba39755f0a4344acb946977704d/2H_2025_Cloudflare_s_Transparency_Report_Legal-v2.pdf",
      "note": "Customers are notified of legal requests for their information unless legally prohibited."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=dash.cloudflare.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=dash.cloudflare.com",
      "note": "Grade B+ (80/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "e2ee": {
      "title": "End-to-end encryption",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not supported. Forwarded mail is not encrypted end to end."
    },
    "no_mail_storage": {
      "title": "No stored mail",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.cloudflare.com/products/email-routing/",
      "note": "Cloudflare states that Email Routing does not store or access email content."
    },
    "open_protocols": {
      "title": "Open protocols",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No IMAP access. Mail is forwarded to existing inboxes, and SMTP sending belongs to the separate Email Sending product."
    },
    "custom_domains": {
      "title": "Custom domains",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/",
      "note": "Works only with custom domains and is free on all plans."
    },
    "anonymous_signup": {
      "title": "Sign up without personal data",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "A Cloudflare account with an existing email address is required."
    },
    "mail_standards": {
      "title": "Email security standards",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No mail domain to test."
    },
    "transport_security": {
      "title": "Mail transport security",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "srs": {
      "title": "Sender Rewriting Scheme",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/reference/postmaster/#sender-rewriting",
      "note": "The envelope sender of forwarded mail is rewritten with SRS."
    },
    "arc": {
      "title": "ARC sealing",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/reference/postmaster/#authenticated-received-chain-arc",
      "note": "ARC is supported for forwarded mail. Validation of inbound ARC chains is not documented."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A",
    "observatory": "B+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Cloudflare Web Analytics",
        "host": "static.cloudflareinsights.com",
        "effect": "partial"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "inline code",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:31:58.587Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}