PrivateDomainInfoEst. 2006 · Oklahoma City

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Domain Name Proxy Registration Agreement

BY USING THE SERVICES AND OR WEB SITE OF PRIVATE DOMAIN INFO (“PDI”), YOU AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BOTH HEREIN AND IN THE PDI PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PDI MAY AMEND THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME UPON POSTING THE AMENDED TERMS ON ITS WEB SITE, AND THAT ANY NEW, DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT CHANGE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY PDI WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, OR IF YOU OBJECT TO, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS HERETO, DO NOT USE OR ACCESS OUR SERVICES. CONTINUED USE OF PDI’S SERVICES AND ITS WEB SITE AFTER ANY SUCH CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN POSTED, CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES.

This Agreement is by and between PDI, an Oklahoma organization, and you, your heirs, executors, administrators, agents, successors and assigns (“You”). This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of Your relationship with PDI and Your use of PDI’s services. You acknowledge that You have read, understand and agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and You further agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement for transactions entered into by: (i) You on Your behalf; (ii) anyone acting as Your agent; (iii) anyone who uses the account You have established with PDI, whether or not the transactions were on Your behalf and/or authorized by You. You agree that You will be bound by representations made by third parties You use to purchase services from PDI, and that statements of a general nature on PDI's web site or in PDI promotional materials will not bind PDI. You further agree to abide by the terms and conditions promulgated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) (including the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) and Your Registrar (i.e., the ICANN-accredited person or entity through which You register a domain name).

1. Description of PDI’s Private Registration Services

The business of PDI is to maximize Your right to privacy to the greatest extent possible. When you subscribe to PDI’s private registration service through a PDI-affiliated Registrar, each and any available domain name registration that You designate will thereafter be registered in the name of PDI, as Registrant. In exchange for PDI becoming the Registrant of each domain name registration on Your behalf, PDI shall keep Your name, postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers confidential, subject to Section 4 of this Agreement.

When PDI becomes the Registrant of Your domain name registration, the following PDI information (and not your personal information) will be made publicly available in the WHOIS / RDAP directory as determined by ICANN policy:

  • PDI’s name and postal address as Registrant of the domain name;
  • PDI’s email address, postal address and phone number for the domain name registration’s technical contact;
  • PDI’s email address, postal address and phone number for the domain name registration’s administrative contact;
  • PDI’s email address, postal address and phone number for the domain’s name registration’s billing contact;
  • The primary and secondary domain name servers You designate for the domain name;
  • The domain name’s original date of registration and expiration date of the registration;
  • The identity of Your Registrar.

2. Full Benefits of Domain Registration Retained by You

Although PDI will be the Registrant of each domain name registration You designate, You will retain the full benefits of domain name registration with respect to each such domain name registration, including:

  • The right to sell, transfer or assign each domain name registration;
  • The right to control the use of each domain name registration, including designating the primary and secondary domain name servers to which each domain name points;
  • The right to cancel each domain name registration;
  • The right to cancel Your account with PDI so that You become the Registrant;
  • The right to renew each domain name registration upon its expiration, subject to Your Registrar’s applicable rules and policies;
  • The right to initially resolve any and all monetary, creditor or other claims that arise in connection with a legal or other dispute involving Your domain name registration, subject to PDI’s Section 4 rights, which shall, in all events, supersede any and all of Your rights as set forth in this Section 2.

3. Your Notification Obligations; Representations & Warranties

a. Personal Information

You agree that for each domain name for which PDI becomes the Registrant on Your behalf, You will provide accurate and current information and that You will: (i) notify PDI within five (5) business days when any of the personal information You provided upon subscribing to PDI’s services changes; (ii) respond within five (5) business days to any inquiries made by PDI to determine the validity of personal information provided by You; (iii) respond to email messages posted to Your PDI account regarding correspondence PDI has received that is either addressed to or involves Your domain name registration, as more fully set forth in Section 5(b) below. It is Your responsibility to keep Your personal information current and accurate at all times.

b. Renewals

You agree that PDI, as Registrant, will (i) arrange for Your Registrar to automatically renew on Your behalf, for a period of one year only, any domain name registration that is up for renewal; and (ii) arrange for Your Registrar to charge the credit card You have on file with the Registrar, at the Registrar’s then current rates. Renewal fees, once charged, will be non-refundable. You may also elect not to automatically renew PDI’s private registration services, by logging into Your customer account at Your Registrar’s web site and selecting the manual renewal option. It is Your responsibility to keep Your credit card information current and accurate, including the expiration date.

c. Representations & Warranties

You warrant that all information provided by You to PDI is truthful, complete, current and accurate. You also warrant that You are using PDI’s private registration services in good faith and that You have no knowledge of Your domain name infringing upon or conflicting with the legal rights of a third party or a third party’s trademark or trade name. You also warrant that the domain name being registered by PDI on Your behalf will not be used in connection with any illegal or morally objectionable activity (as defined below in Section 4), or, in connection with the transmission of Spam.

4. PDI’s Rights to Deny, Suspend, Terminate Service and to Disclose Your Personal Information

You understand and agree that PDI has the absolute right and power, in its sole discretion and without any liability to You whatsoever, to either: (i) close Your account (which means You then become the Registrant of the domain name registration); (ii) reveal Your name and personal information that You provided to PDI when required by law, in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or to comply with a legal process served upon PDI; (iii) resolve any and all third party claims, whether threatened or made, arising out of Your use of a domain name registered by PDI on Your behalf; or (iv) take any other action PDI deems necessary:

  • In the event you breach any provision of this Agreement or the PDI Anti-Spam Policy;
  • To protect the integrity and stability of the applicable domain name Registry;
  • To comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, subpoenas, court orders or requests of law enforcement;
  • To comply with ICANN’s Dispute Resolution Policy;
  • To avoid any financial loss or legal liability (civil or criminal) on the part of PDI, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, agents, officers, directors and employees;
  • If the domain name PDI registers on Your behalf violates or infringes a third party's trademark, trade name or other legal rights;
  • If it comes to PDI’s attention that You are using PDI’s services for purposes of engaging in, participating in, sponsoring or hiding Your involvement in, illegal or morally objectionable activities, including but not limited to activities designed, intended to or otherwise: (i) appeal purely to the prurient interests of third parties; (ii) defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, or harass third parties; (iii) violate state or federal laws of the United States and/or foreign territories; (iv) involve hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; (v) are tortious, vulgar, obscene, invasive of a third party’s privacy, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; (vi) impersonate the identity of a third party; (vii) harm minors in any way; or (viii) relate to or transmit viruses, Trojan Horses, access codes, backdoors, worms, timebombs or any other code that corrupts, damages, impairs, interferes with, intercepts or misappropriates any software, hardware, firmware, network, system, data or personally identifiable information.

You also acknowledge and agree that PDI may, in its sole discretion and without any liability to You whatsoever: (i) cancel the registration of any domain name PDI has registered on Your behalf during the first thirty (30) days after registration has taken place; (ii) cancel the registration of any domain name PDI has registered on Your behalf if that name is being used in association with Spam; (iii) suspend your rights under Section 2 of this Agreement during resolution of a dispute.

You further understand and agree that if PDI is named as a defendant in, or investigated in anticipation of, any legal or administrative proceeding arising out of Your domain name registration or Your use of PDI’s services, Your private domain name registration will automatically revert back to You and Your identity will therefore be revealed in the public registration directory as Registrant.

In the event: (i) PDI takes any of the actions set forth above; or (ii) You elect to cancel PDI’s services for any reason, neither PDI nor your Registrar will refund any fees paid by You whatsoever.

5. Communications Forwarding

Inasmuch as PDI’s name, postal address and phone number will be listed in the public registration directory, You agree that PDI will review and forward communications addressed to your domain name that are received via email, certified or traceable courier mail (such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL), or first class U.S. postal mail. You specifically acknowledge that PDI will not forward to You first class postal mail (other than legal notices), “junk” mail or other unsolicited communications (whether delivered through fax, postal mail or telephone), and You further authorize PDI to either discard all such communications or return all such communications to sender unopened. You agree to waive any and all claims arising from Your failure to receive communications directed to Your domain name but not forwarded to You by PDI.

When PDI receives certified or traceable courier mail or legal notices addressed to Your domain name, we will notify you. Our message will identify the sender of the correspondence, the date we received it, and a brief description of its contents. You will have seventy-two (72) hours to decide whether to reject the correspondence or have it forwarded via overnight courier, facsimile (or both). If you do not respond and the correspondence concerns a legal dispute or otherwise requires immediate forwarding, PDI may immediately reveal Your identity and/or cancel our private registration service. We take this action because PDI will not become involved in any legal or other matters between You and third parties.

Postal and administrative forwarding may be billed at cost at the time such services are provided. PDI may change its forwarding fees at any time. Fees are posted and payable in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable.

6. Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL PDI BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION, PDI’S SERVICES, USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PDI WEB SITE OR THE MATERIALS AND CONTENT OF THE WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER WEB SITES LINKED TO THE PDI WEB SITE OR YOUR PROVISION OF ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO PDI OR ANY THIRD PARTY. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF PDI HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR SUCH DAMAGES WERE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE. BECAUSE CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE LIMITATION OR ELIMINATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, PDI’S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SMALLEST AMOUNT PERMITTED BY LAW.

You further understand and agree that PDI disclaims any loss or liability resulting from: (i) the inadvertent disclosure or theft of Your personal information; (ii) access delays or interruptions to our web site or the web sites of our affiliated Registrars; (iii) data non-delivery or misdelivery between You and PDI; (iv) the failure for whatever reason to renew a private domain name registration; (v) the unauthorized use of Your PDI account or any of PDI’s services; (vi) errors, omissions or misstatements by PDI; (vii) deletion of, failure to store, failure to process or act upon email messages forwarded to either You or PDI.