---
title: Scrape Shield
description: Protect your site content from scraping and unauthorized use.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

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# Scrape Shield

Scrape Shield is a collection of settings meant to protect your site's content.

* [ Email Address Obfuscation ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/)
* [ Hotlink Protection ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/)

```json
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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/waf/","name":"WAF"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/waf/tools/","name":"Additional tools"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/waf/tools/scrape-shield/","name":"Scrape Shield"}}]}
```