By ordering Domain Privacy Protection Services from PrivateDomainSecurity.com (“PrivateDomainSecurity”), you (“you” or “Customer”) agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The provisions contained in these Terms and Conditions for Domain Privacy Protection (the “Agreement”) incorporate and are supplemental to PrivateDomainSecurity’s General Terms and Conditions (the “PrivateDomainSecurity GT&C”), by which you are also bound, to the extent they are not modified by this Agreement. In using the Privacy Service, please be aware that your data is not being escrowed with the ICANN escrow program.
1. SUBJECT OF THE AGREEMENT
The Agreement governs the provision of Domain Privacy Protection Services (the ‘Services’) to the Customer by PrivateDomainSecurity. The Services comprise the service proxy of domain names using contact information provided by PrivateDomainSecurity, as described below, which information will appear in the public WHOIS database on your behalf.
2. SERVICES PROVIDED
2.1. PrivateDomainSecurity will provide association with a Second-Level Domain Name (“Private Domain Name”), assuming that the Domain Name you request is owned by you. PrivateDomainSecurity will not own any Private Domain Name under this Section. Any costs incurred by PrivateDomainSecurity to obtain and/or maintain the Private Domain Name on your behalf shall be charged to you by PrivateDomainSecurity.
2.2. You authorize and direct PrivateDomainSecurity to display alternate contact information in the public WHOIS database, including names, postal address, phone number, and email address, as more particularly outlined below.
2.3. You authorize and direct PrivateDomainSecurity to process communications directed to you at the contact information displayed in the public WHOIS database as follows:
2.3.1. An e-mail alias pointing to your PrivateDomainSecurity account will be created once you have purchased the Services, and that e-mail address will be displayed in the public WHOIS database. Messages received at the e-mail address posted in the public WHOIS database for your Private Domain Name will be forwarded to the e-mail address associated with your account name or to another e-mail address, in accordance with the preferences you set in the PrivateDomainSecurity Control Panel. Disabling the Services will delete this e-mail address and remove it from the WHOIS database. Once an e-mail address is removed from the public WHOIS database it will no longer be a valid e-mail address for the receipt of messages. You acknowledge that you may not receive messages sent such e-mail address once the Services are disabled.
2.3.2. PrivateDomainSecurity’s corporate address will be the postal address displayed in the public WHOIS database for the Private Domain Name. You hereby authorize PrivateDomainSecurity to receive, sort, open, forward, and destroy any and all mail sent to PrivateDomainSecurity on your behalf in its sole discretion. Third class and “junk” mail will be discarded upon receipt or returned to the sender unopened. First-class mail and mail received via certified mail or courier, including but not limited to Federal Express, United Parcel Services, and similar services, will be opened and all such mail that can be scanned will be scanned and sent to you via the e-mail address associated with the PrivateDomainSecurity account for the Private Domain Name. You acknowledge that you will have five (5) calendar days from the date such mail is sent to you via e-mail to request in writing that a copy of such scanned mail be forwarded to you via postal mail. You acknowledge that unless you direct us otherwise in writing within such five (5) calendar day period, all such mail will be destroyed five (5) calendar days after a scanned copy is sent to you via e-mail. All mail that is unable to be
scanned will be forwarded to you at your expense at the postal address associated with the account for the applicable domain name.
2.3.3. PrivateDomainSecurity reserves the right to charge you for, and you are responsible for paying, all fees and costs associated with PrivateDomainSecurity forwarding postal mail. PrivateDomainSecurity further reserves the right to charge an administrative charge of $5.00 per item forwarded. You authorize PrivateDomainSecurity to apply any such
charges to your credit card pursuant to the PrivateDomainSecurity GT&C.
2.3.4. A telephone number will be displayed in the public WHOIS database for the Private Domain Name which will be answered by a voice mail system. Callers will be informed of how to contact you using the information displayed in the public WHOIS database, however, they will not be able to leave messages.
2.4. You hereby waive any and all claims arising from your failure to receive communications directed to your domain name contact information displayed in the public WHOIS database but not forwarded to you by PrivateDomainSecurity. You acknowledge and agree that you will not receive all communications sent to you at the contact information listed in the public WHOIS database. You further acknowledge and agree that PrivateDomainSecurity disclaims any and all loss or liability that may result from your use of the Services and/or your failure to receive important correspondence sent to you at the contact information displayed in the public WHOIS database, including, but not limited to, legal notices or UDRP complaints.
3. WARRANTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION
3.1. You warrant that the contact information you have provided to PrivateDomainSecurity is and will remain accurate. You agree that you will inform PrivateDomainSecurity within fifteen (15) calendar days of the change of your name, mailing address, email address, telephone or telefax number.
3.2. You warrant to PrivateDomainSecurity that any Domain Name you may seek to register through PrivateDomainSecurity does not violate the rights of any third party, in particular trademark rights, and that you have taken reasonable steps, including but not limited to searches of the applicable state and federal trademark registries, to assure that this is the case.
3.3. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless PrivateDomainSecurity, its officers, directors, employees and agents, with respect to any and all damages, losses, claims or expenses incurred with respect to or arising out of claims of third parties concerning your use of the Services or the Private Domain Name.
3.4. You acknowledge and agree that PrivateDomainSecurity has the absolute right and power, as it deems necessary in its sole discretion, without providing notice and without any liability to you whatsoever, to (1) reveal to third parties the contact information provided by you to PrivateDomainSecurity in connection with the account for the applicable
domain name, (2) populate the public WHOIS database with your name, primary postal address, e-mail address and/or telephone number as provided by you to PrivateDomainSecurity, or (3) terminate your subscription to the Services:
3.4.1 if, in PrivateDomainSecurity’s sole discretion, you violate the terms of the PrivateDomainSecurity GT&C;
3.4.2 if any third party claims that the domain name violates or infringes a third party’s trademark, trade name or other legal rights, whether or not such claim is valid;
3.4.3 to comply with ICANN policies or requirements, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
3.4.3 to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, subpoenas, court orders, requests of law enforcement or government agencies; or
3.4.4 if any third party threatens legal action against PrivateDomainSecurity that is related in any way, directly or indirectly, to the domain name, or claims that you are using the domain name registration in a manner that violates any law, rule or regulation, or is otherwise illegal or violative of a third party’s legal rights.
3.5. ALL PrivateDomainSecurity SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
4. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
4.1. This Agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions. Any claim, dispute or controversy with respect to, in connection with or arising out of this Agreement shall be subject to and decided by arbitration in the City of Portland, County of Multnomah, Commonwealth of Oregon, by a panel of three arbitrators chosen in accordance with terms of the PrivateDomainSecurity GT&C.
4.2. PrivateDomainSecurity may without advance notice amend this Agreement or the from time to time, and will do so by posting the new Agreement on the PrivateDomainSecurity website in place of the old. Each and every such amendment shall be become effective immediately for all pre-existing and future accounts. It is your responsibility to periodically check the PrivateDomainSecurity website for updates of this Agreement.