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the types of personal data PIR collects;
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how it collects these personal data;
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the specified, explicit and legitimate purposes for which it collects such
data;
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the types of recipients to which it discloses personal data; and
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the choices and means by which individuals may access their personal data and
limit their use and further processing, including sharing with third parties.
This policy also protects your privacy by assuring you that PIR:
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implements reasonable policies and procedures to ensure that the personal data
collected, including the personal data collected as required by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) contracts between PIR and
ICANN, as well as between PIR and accredited registrars, are adequate, relevant
and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected
and/or for which they are further processed;
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does not further process personal data in a way incompatible with the purposes
for which they were originally collected, except with the data subject's
consent or by authority of law;
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uses reasonable measures to ensure that we have accurately and completely
recorded the personal data provided and that for the data provided to PIR by
accredited registrars we provide the mechanisms for the registrars to keep them
up to date;
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implements reasonable policies and procedures to ensure that personal data are
kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were
collected or for which they are further processed;
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takes appropriate technical and organizational precautions to protect personal
data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, destruction or
disclosure, and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
Domain name registration information
PIR is the registry operator for the .ORG top-level domain (TLD). As such, PIR
accepts domain name registrations only from ICANN-accredited domain name
registrars. PIR does not accept domain name registrations directly from
registrants. Please note that each registrar has its own policies and
procedures.
If you have any questions about a particular domain-name registration, you
should begin by contacting the registrant and registrar of record. Except for
certain extraordinary circumstances, PIR alters a record in the registry only
at the request of the relevant and authorized registrar.
When you register a domain name through a registrar, the domain name, its
associated name servers and other data are given to PIR to make your chosen
domain name a functional address on the Internet. PIR discloses these data to
TLD server administrators for the purpose of ensuring that the domain name
operates as a functional address on the Internet. PIR is bound by the
.ORG Registry Agreement with ICANN.
As required by the
.ORG Registry Agreement, we make information about domain name
registrants available to the general public via domain name registration
database look-up (WHOIS) services. Please note that consistent with the current
rules and policies for the Domain Name System set by ICANN, this information
about registrants must remain available in the publicly accessible registration
database. These services give users access to such data on a query-by-query
basis.
Consistent with the
.ORG Registry Agreement and the current rules and policies of ICANN, we
also may disclose TLD zone files to other interested recipients, provided those
recipients agree not to further process the TLD zone files for purposes
incompatible with the purposes for which they were originally collected,
including the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mails.
We are further required by the
.ORG Registry Agreement to notify registrars of the purposes for which
personal data submitted to us by the registrars are collected, the intended
recipients (or categories of recipients) of such personal data, and the
mechanism for access to and correction of such personal data. We are required
to take reasonable steps to protect personal data from loss, misuse,
unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction and not to use or authorize
the use of personal data in a way that is incompatible with the notice provided
to registrars.
Please note that every ICANN-accredited registrar is bound by
similar obligations to make personal data available to the general
public via domain name registration database look-up (WHOIS) services operated
by the registrars and to make such data available on a bulk basis to qualified
processors, provided that the data may not be used for marketing activities and
may not be resold or redistributed. Qualified processors also may access such
personal data on a bulk basis from ICANN-accredited registrars, provided that
those processors agree, among other things, not to use the personal data to
enable or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial
communications via e-mail, telephone or facsimile.
Information we collect on our Web sites
You are free to visit http://www.pir.org without identifying yourself. If you
wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as
your name and e-mail address.
If you are interested in our services (other than registering a domain name,
which must be done through an accredited registrar), you may be required to
register with PIR. When you register, we might request certain personal data,
including your name, address, e-mail address and other personal data. In
addition to Web site registration, PIR may, from time to time, request personal
data for purposes such as the provision of customer service, service offerings,
network management, surveys and other exchanges of information, as long as such
personal data are adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the
purposes for which they are collected and for which they are further processed
and provided that the personal data are not further processed in a way
incompatible with those purposes.
Log files
PIR gathers information about all users collectively, such as what areas of its
sites users visit most frequently and what services users access most often.
PIR automatically logs session sources and other data that track users' access
to this site and the other channels and PIR sites. We analyze these logs to
understand aggregate user behavior as well as for system-performance
monitoring. These logs are analyzed for the overall, aggregate trends they
reveal about our customers, not for the behaviors of individual users. PIR may
disclose aggregated user statistics to describe the service to prospective
partners, advertisers and other third parties and for other lawful purposes.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive
when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information that allows a Web
site to track the pages you have visited. PIR uses cookies to tell when a user
is a repeat visitor and to let us know how the user found the Web site. They
also allow us to automatically link users to their personalized accounts,
enabling you to enter various services as a member and to visit
member-restricted areas of the site without having to log in each time.
If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will
receive the warning message with each cookie. Although some of the services
require the use of cookies, visitors to our sites always have the option of
disabling cookies via their browser preferences. You can refuse cookies by
turning them off in your browser. However, some of the services will not work
if you have cookies disabled.
Children
Please note that we do not knowingly solicit information from children, and we
do not knowingly market our products or services to children.
Sharing the information we collect on our Web site
The information that you supply to PIR through this site will never be given,
sold, rented, loaned or otherwise disclosed to any third parties outside of
PIR, except when we have your express permission, or under special
circumstances, such as when it is necessary to comply with legal process or
protect the rights, property or personal safety of PIR, its customers or the
public.
We may share aggregated demographic information with our business partners and
the press. This is not linked to any personal data that can identify any
individual person.
Sharing information with our partners
Our trusted processors (vendors, subcontractors and other similar business
partners) are responsible for processing some of the personal data that we
receive on our behalf. These processors are not authorized to use such personal
data for purposes beyond those specified by us.
Links and third-party collection
Except as otherwise expressly discussed in this privacy policy, this document
only addresses the processing (e.g., collection, use and disclosure) of
personal data we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your
personal data to other parties, whether they are registrars or other Web sites
throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their processing of the
personal data you disclose to them. Since we do not control the privacy
policies of third parties or endorse their products or policies, you are
subject to the privacy customs and policies of that third party. We encourage
users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements
of every Web site that collects personal data.
Security
PIR takes strong precautions to protect information. When you submit personal
data via our Web sites or when registrars submit specifics about the domain
name registration, as required by the ICANN contracts, your personal data are
protected both online and offline.
Furthermore, all of our users' personal data are access restricted, and the
servers on which we store personal data are kept in a secure environment.
Message boards and other communications
PIR is not responsible for maintaining as confidential any personal or other
data posted by you on message boards hosted by our Web sites or otherwise
communicated to this Web site and domain. Disclosing such personal data in this
way makes this publicly available information unless expressly stipulated by
PIR.
Site and service updates
We also may send users site and service announcement updates. Users are not
able to unsubscribe from these service announcements, which contain important
information about the service.
Updating personal data
If you are a domain name registrant and wish to update your domain account
information, you should do so through the sponsoring registrar.
If you are another type of user; have personal data changes, such as change of
address; or no longer desire our service, you may contact us by sending a
message to privacy@pir.org.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:
privacy@pir.org.