Privacy Policy and Publication Scheme

We will may publish on a website and/or disclose to others via the standard 'WHOIS' protocol the following information about your domain name(s). We do so by responding to specific queries made to us.

Publication Schema
The following information will be available to all inquirers world-wide, including those from outside the European Economic Area.

Domain Name   Domain Status (e.g. Active, Suspended, Pending-Delete)  Creation date   Name Servers   Registrar's Name  Registrant Contact name   Registrant Organisation 

Non-disclosure principle

We do not normally disclose any other information to third parties except in the the following circumstances:
(a) to any third party recorded as an authorised contacts
(b) to other enquirers who have legitimate reason to such informationm such as law enforcement or to parties to a civil dispute for the purpose of pursuing or defending legal Claims directly affecting the civil rights and obligations of registrants or third parties (such as in intellectual property claims, or domain name disputes).

If you are a registrant you agree to such disclosures as part of your Registration Agreement.
Where information is 'personal information' (as lawyers use that term), European Data Protection standards (which have been implemented in equivalent local legislation in both Bailiwicks) apply. Applicable Law exempts personal information from the non-disclosure principle when it is processed for any of the following purposes:

- prevention or detection of crime
- apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or
- assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition of a similar nature.


Notes form Law Enforcement and Legal Representatives

The Data Protection Law does not restrict the geographic scope of disclosures made under the Crime and Taxation exemption.

This Exemption is an enabling provision, however, and is not a mandatory requirement on Data Controllers.

Nonetheless our approach will always be to extend every reasonable assistance to recognised, legitimate inquirers no matter where you are located, within the Law.

What this means in practice is that inquiries from constabularies/police forces/gardai and solicitors or advocates from the British Islands and the Republic of Ireland may be answered without undue formality, as well as -- subject to satisfactory evidence of the inquirers identity and authority-- similar inquiries from elsewhere in the European Economic Area, the British Commonwealth or the United States. (Inquiries from other countries will be dealt with on their merits.) In all case, we do reserve the right in appropriate cases to require a production order issued locally or a Order of Court in our local jurisdiction. All inquiries will be responded to promptly.