Our Ongoing Commitment To Privacy For The 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver
Cloudflare, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Exactly 8 years ago today, we launched the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver, with the intention to build the world's fastest resolver - and the most private one. We knew that trust is everything for a service that handles the "phonebook of the Internet."
That's why, at launch, we made a unique commitment to publicly confirm that we are doing what we said we would do with personal data. In 2020, we hired an independent firm to check our work, instead of just asking you to take our word for it. We shared our intention to update such examinations in the future. We also called on other providers to do the same, but, as far as we are aware, no other major public resolver has had their DNS privacy practices independently examined.