---
id: "compliance-audit"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "compliance audit"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/compliance-audit/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/auditoria-cumplimiento-contractual/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/compliance-audit/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/audit-conformite-contractuelle/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/audit-conformita/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/auditoria-conformidade-contratual/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/audit-soblyudeniya-dogovornykh-obyazatelstv/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/hegui-shenji/"
---

# compliance audit

A check by ICANN of whether selected registrars or registries follow their contracts and ICANN policies. ICANN asks for documents and data, reviews them and reports the problems it finds. The parties then have time to fix them.

## related terms

- [ICANN Contractual Compliance](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann-contractual-compliance/)
- [breach notice](https://tldlog.com/glossary/breach-notice/)
- [RAA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/raa/)
- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [contracted parties](https://tldlog.com/glossary/contracted-parties/)