Data Processing Specification

An optional add-on to the Registry Agreement (glossary)Registry Agreement The contract between ICANN and a gTLD registry operator. Full definition of Registry Agreement and the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (glossary)RAA Registrar Accreditation Agreement The contract between ICANN and each accredited registrar. Full definition of RAA that sets out how ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN and a registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry or registrar (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar handle registration data (glossary)registration data The information kept about a domain and its owner. Full definition of registration data under privacy laws. A contracted party can ask for it when it needs such terms to comply with the law. ICANN says it is not a data processing agreement (glossary)data processing agreement The GDPR contract between an organization and a company processing data for it. Full definition of data processing agreement.