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Introduction

The Platform provides two integrated digital services designed to support the protection and evidentiary documentation of intellectual property rights in the digital environment. First, the Verification Registration service enables users to establish a date of precedence for digital content prior to publication on social media or any other medium, through the use of blockchain-based smart contracts and timestamp-based validation, this service generates a technical evidentiary record that may be relied upon, in accordance with applicable international and national intellectual property laws and copyright frameworks, particularly in cases of infringement or dispute.

Second, the Validated Registration service, which constitutes an enhanced, private-sector evidentiary and due-diligence service, under this service, the Platform conducts a structured documentary and procedural review of submitted materials and supporting information to assess apparent authorship, rights-holding, protectability-related indicators, originality-related elements, publication data, and the chain of title of the submitted work, this service is intended to provide an elevated level of evidentiary support; however, it does not constitute a governmental registration, statutory adjudication, or a binding judicial determination of ownership, authorship, validity, enforceability, or infringement, both services are aligned with international best practices supporting digital transformation and are subject to the Platform’s Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Users are strongly advised to verify the identity and legal capacity of applicants and to review all applicable terms before relying on the information or outputs generated through the Platform.

This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with applicable data protection laws, including (where applicable) the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), relevant national data protection legislation, and international privacy standards.

1A. Platform General Privacy

1A.1 Data Protection

1A.1.1 Protecting the privacy and security of your personal data is important to us, this Privacy and Data Protection Notice outlines the IPV Platform’s policy regarding the collection of personal data and its recording on the blockchain.

1A.1.2 By using this Platform, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

1A.1.3 The legal bases for processing your data may include: (i) your consent, (ii) the necessity of processing to perform a contract with you, (iii) compliance with a legal obligation, or (iv) our legitimate interest in improving our services and preventing fraud.

1A.2. What Information Does the IPV Platform Collect?

1A.2.1. In general, you may access the details of the services provided by the Platform without disclosing any personal information.

1A.2.2. Our systems automatically collect certain non-identifiable information from visitors during general browsing, this may include technical network information such as your Internet.

1A.2.3. Protocol (IP) address, associated domain name, browser type, operating system, the referring Platform, and the dates/times of your visits.

1A.2.4. From time to time, the Platform’s website may use third-party web analytics services to evaluate usage, compile reports on website activity for site operators and international intellectual property authorities requesting statistical reports, and provide other services related to the Platform’s activity and internet usage.

1A.2.5. Information collected by such third parties, including your IP address, may be stored on their servers and may be subject to their own Privacy Policies and applicable laws and regulations.

1A.2.6. Where data is transferred outside your country of residence, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent protection measures.

1A.2.7. Where a user applies for Validated Registration, the Platform may collect additional personal data and documentary evidence relating to authorship, co-authorship, rights holding, chain of title, publication facts, nationality, country of origin, and supporting legal or corporate documents necessary for the enhanced review process.

1A.3. Personal Data Privacy

1A.3.1. The IPV Platform only collects personal data after obtaining your consent.

1A.3.2. If you register for the Verification Registration service, you may be asked to provide personal information such as your name, mailing address, email address, and other relevant details such as; passport number, ID, photo and other documents for identification process.

1A.3.3. If you process a Verification Registration service request, you may be required to provide your credit card details, which will be transmitted to a secure third-party online payment processor, credit card information may be retained with your consent.

1A.3.4. The platform may use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • 1A.3.4.a. To contact you, either in response to an inquiry or suggestion, or to send newsletters.
  • 1A.3.4.b. To manage and process your request.
  • 1A.3.4.c. To confirm your registration and access to the service.
  • 1A.3.4.d. To remember your profile and online preferences.
  • 1A.3.4.e. To help you quickly find the information you need based on your request.
  • 1A.3.4.f. To conduct statistical analysis.

1A.3.5. For Validated Registration requests, the Platform may additionally use personal data to verify authors and rights-holders, analyse documentary support for ownership and chain of title, assess publication-related facts, conduct uniqueness and similarity review, evaluate Berne-related eligibility factors, prevent fraud, and prepare validation certificates, reports, or evidentiary records.

1A.3.6. While personal information stored in our systems, it can be modified or deleted upon your request, any verification record stored on the blockchain is permanent and cannot be erased due to the immutable nature of blockchain technology.

1A.4. Opting Not to Provide Personal Data

Providing personal data to the IPV Platform is optional; however, you will not be able to use the Verification or Validation services unless you register your personal information.

1A.5. Cookies

1A.5.1. The IPV Platform may use cookies to compile statistics that help us ensure you have the best possible experience when visiting the website.

1A.5.2. We use (i) strictly necessary cookies to enable core functions, (ii) performance and analytics cookies (subject to your consent) to improve usability, and (iii) third-party cookies where applicable, you may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or a dedicated cookie preference tool on our site.

2A. Collected Data

2A.1. How Does the Platform Use the Information Collected?

2A1.1. General Platform Usage: Information is collected automatically during general browsing through the use of cookies or web beacons.

2A1.2. Data such as the IP address associated with your internet connection and pages visited are used to analyse trends, measure Platform usage, and improve its usefulness.

2A1.3. Your IP address is not linked to any personal data.

2A.2. How Does the IPV Platform Protect Your Personal Data?

2A.2.1. The Platform does not disclose any personal data except in the following cases:

  • 2A.2.1.a. When requested by a governmental or non-governmental authority involved in resolving intellectual property disputes, in the event of a dispute over content verified through the Platform.
  • 2A.2.1.b. When cooperating with a trusted third party (such as blockchain service providers) in accordance with agreements that ensure the protection of your privacy.
  • 2A.2.1.c. When information is securely transmitted to a third-party service provider, such as credit card payment processors, for the purpose of payment processing.

2A.2.2. We employ a variety of technologies and security measures to protect information stored in our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

2A.2.3. These measures include encryption, access controls, firewalls, secure servers, and regular monitoring for vulnerabilities.

2A.2.4. Where Validated Registration involves passports, IDs, rights-transfer documents, or other sensitive identity and authority materials, the Platform applies enhanced access controls, role-based confidentiality restrictions, encryption, and storage minimisation measures designed to reduce unauthorised access and preserve evidentiary integrity.

2A.3. Data Retention Period

2A.3.1. Your personal data will be retained as long as your account remains active for the purposes outlined in this notice, If your account remains inactive for one continuous year (365 days), it will be deleted along with the registered personal data, while works verified through the Platform will remain recorded on the blockchain.

2A.3.2. The retention period for personal data also depends on the purpose for which it is used and any applicable administrative or regulatory requirements.

2A.3.3. Notwithstanding the general inactive-account deletion rule, personal data and documents associated with Validated Registration may be retained for longer periods where reasonably necessary to preserve registration integrity, respond to disputes, verify rights, comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, or maintain evidentiary value.

2A.4. Requests Regarding Your Personal Data

2A.4.1. In certain cases, you may request to amend or delete your personal data directly by sending an email via the contact page.

2A.4.2. You may also exercise additional rights, including: the right to access your personal data, the right to restrict or object to processing, and the right to request portability of your data, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, the technician team will respond to such requests within the time frames prescribed by law.

Validation Registration Service Specific Policy

3A. Validation Service Data Processing

3A.1. In addition to the personal data processing required for the standard Verification Service, the Platform may process additional categories of personal data where a user applies for Validated Registration.

3A.2. Validated Registration is an enhanced service that may require the platform to collect, review, organise, store, compare, analyse, and disclose, where necessary and lawful, personal data and supporting records relating to authorship, rights-holding, publication status, chain of title, protectability-related review, uniqueness search, and Berne-related eligibility review.

3A.3. The Applicant acknowledges that the scope of personal data processing for Validated Registration is broader than the scope applicable to standard verification because the service includes documentary and evidentiary review functions in addition to technical timestamping and blockchain-based record generation.

3A.4. The Platform may process personal data contained in the application form, deposited files, attached supporting documents, metadata, correspondence, and any supplemental materials provided during the course of the validation procedure. The existing application form expressly contemplates collection of author names, authorship shares, dates of birth, citizenship, passport numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, correspondence addresses, rights-holder information, company information, deposited files, supporting documents, and declarations.

3B. Categories of Personal Data collected for Validated Registration

3B.1. Where the user requests Validated Registration, the Platform may collect and process, as applicable, the following categories of personal data:

  • 3B.1.1. Identification data, including full name, date of birth, nationality, citizenship, passport number, ID number, residency details, and signature;
  • 3B.1.2. Contact data, including phone number, email address, and address for correspondence;
  • 3B.1.3. Authorship data, including authorship status, authorship share, co-authorship information, pseudonym or anonymity declarations, and supporting evidence of creative contribution;
  • 3B.1.4. Rights-holder data, including rights-holding share, status as nominal holder or actual rights-holder, date and legal basis of rights acquisition, and supporting identity or corporate records;
  • 3B.1.5. Company-related personal data, including contact person name, business contact details, signatory information, and authority documents where a company is involved;
  • 3B.1.6. Application data relating to the work, including work title, work type, derivative status, date of creation, date of first publication, country of origin, publication details, valuation-related data, and declared limitations;
  • 3B.1.7. Evidentiary and documentary data, including copies of passports, IDs, powers of attorney, assignments, licenses, employment records, publication evidence, screenshots, dated files, source materials, and other supporting documents;
  • 3B.1.8. Technical and metadata records associated with the deposit, upload, timestamp, blockchain interaction, login, access control, fingerprint generation, and file verification process;
  • 3B.1.9. Communications data arising from correspondence with the Applicant, authors, rights-holders, representatives, experts, or third-party challengers;
  • 3B.1.10. Payment, invoicing, and transaction-related data to the extent required for premium validation services.

3B.2. The Platform may also collect personal data indirectly from authorised representatives, corporate applicants, public sources, publication records, official registers, or counterparties where reasonably necessary to verify authorship, rights-holder status, chain of title, or publication facts.

3C. Special Validation-related purposes of processing

  • 3C.1.1. To identify and verify the author or authors of the work;
  • 3C.1.2. To identify and verify the nominal holder and/or actual rights-holder of the work;
  • 3C.1.3. To assess the apparent legal status of authors and rights-holders, whether natural persons or legal entities;
  • 3C.1.4. To review the apparent chain of title and any date or basis of acquisition of rights;
  • 3C.1.5. To review publication facts, including date of publication, place of publication, public availability, author consent, simultaneous publication, and related evidentiary facts;
  • 3C.1.6. To carry out protectability-related review and due-diligence analysis in connection with the submitted work;
  • 3C.1.7. To conduct uniqueness searching and similarity review using internal, public, partner, or technical sources;
  • 3C.1.8. To assess Berne-related eligibility factors, including nationality, country of origin, and publication-related declarations;
  • 3C.1.9. To prepare validation records, expert summaries, certificates, limited-scope findings, or documentary reservations;
  • 3C.1.10. To detect fraud, forged documents, concealed co-authorship, hidden adverse claims, misrepresentation, or abuse of the service;
  • 3C.1.11. To handle post-registration objections, challenges, adverse claims, or disputes;
  • 3C.1.12. To comply with legal, regulatory, evidentiary, or contractual obligations associated with copyright protection and dispute support.

3C.2. These purposes are justified by the structure of the Validation model shown on the Platform, which expressly includes protectability analysis, uniqueness search, authors’ credentials, rights-holders’ credentials, and IP-rights transfer chain review. The current Privacy Policy does not yet expressly cover those broader personal-data uses.

3D. Legal bases for processing in the Validation workflow

  • 3D.1.1. The necessity of processing for the performance of a contract or for taking steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
  • 3D.1.2. The data subject’s consent, where consent is required under applicable law;
  • 3D.1.3. Compliance with a legal obligation to which the Platform is subject;
  • 3D.1.4. The Platform’s legitimate interests in administering the Validation service, preventing fraud, preserving evidence, resolving disputes, maintaining service integrity, and protecting intellectual property rights, provided that such interests are not overridden by the rights and freedoms of the data subject.

3D.2. Where the Applicant submits personal data relating to co-authors, rights-holders, representatives, employees, contact persons, or other third parties, the applicant represents that it has a lawful basis to disclose such personal data to the Platform and, where required by law, has provided the relevant privacy notice or obtained the relevant consent.

3E. Validation-related identity verification and credentials review

3E.1. The Platform may process identity documents and credentials submitted in connection with Validated Registration for the purpose of verifying the identity, status, capacity, and role of authors, rights-holders, representatives, and signatories.

3E.2. Such credentials may include passports, national IDs, corporate registration documents, trade licenses, authority documents, powers of attorney, signatory confirmations, and similar records.

3E.3. The Platform may review such documents manually, through internal systems, through trusted service providers, or by appointed experts, solely to the extent reasonably necessary for administration of the Validation service, fraud prevention, rights verification, and dispute support.

3E.4. The Platform shall not be obliged to guarantee the authenticity, legal sufficiency, or legal validity of any identity document or authority document, but may retain copies and process related data for evidentiary and record-keeping purposes.

3F. Publication, nationality, and Berne-related data processing

3F.1. Where the Applicant seeks Validated Registration, the Platform may process personal data and related evidentiary data necessary to review publication-related and Berne-related declarations.

3F.2. Such processing may include review of the following, to the extent applicable: author nationality, country of origin, first date of publication, place of publication, form of publication, whether publication occurred with the author’s approval, whether the work was publicly accessible, whether publication occurred simultaneously in multiple countries, and whether the relevant country is stated to be within the Berne Convention framework.

3F.3. The legal framework file relied upon for the service expressly identifies, among other criteria, author verification, first date of publication, publication form, public availability, evidentiary fact of publication, rights-holder verification, rights-holder legal status, date of acquisition of rights, country membership in the Berne Convention, nationality of author, public access, publication after approval of the author, international publication, and verification of accession of the country of origin to the Berne Convention.

3F.4. Any such review is conducted for internal evidentiary, due-diligence, and validation purposes only and does not constitute a sovereign determination of treaty entitlement or legal protection status.

3G. Uniqueness search and data comparison

3G.1. As part of the Validated Registration service, the Platform may compare submitted materials and related personal data against public records, internal records, partner records, search engine results, publication data, archived records, metadata, and other relevant sources for the purpose of uniqueness searching, similarity analysis, or conflict screening.

3G.2. Such comparison may involve automated processing, AI-assisted review, expert-assisted review, or mixed review methods.

3G.3. Where personal data appears in search results, source documents, publication records, or evidentiary materials, the Platform may collect, store, and analyse such data insofar as reasonably necessary for the validation procedure, fraud prevention, rights verification, or dispute resolution.

3G.4. The Applicant acknowledges that uniqueness search and similarity review may necessarily involve comparison of deposited files, author names, publication identifiers, domain references, logos, titles, contact details, metadata, and other related information.

3H. Chain-of-title and rightsholder data review

3H.1. Where the service includes review of the IP-rights transfer chain, the Platform may process personal data contained in assignment agreements, license agreements, employment agreements, commissioning records, succession documents, merger records, acquisition documents, waivers, consents, board resolutions, and similar chain-of-title records.

3H.2. Such processing may include names of transferors, transferees, authors, assignees, officers, shareholders, representatives, employees, heirs, witnesses, contact persons, signatories, and notaries, where present in the documents submitted.

3H.3. The Platform may retain and organise such records for the purposes of rights verification, documentary consistency review, issuance of limited or conditional validation results, challenge handling, and post-registration evidentiary support.

3H.4. The application form itself distinguishes between “Nominal Holder” and “Actual Rights-holder,” making chain-of-title and entitlement review a necessary part of the Validation workflow.

3I. Sources of personal data in the Validation process

3I.1. The Platform may collect personal data used for Validated Registration from one or more of the following sources:

  • 3I.1.1. Directly from the Applicant through forms, uploads, correspondence, and declarations;
  • 3I.1.2. From co-authors, co-rights-holders, representatives, contact persons, or authorised agents;
  • 3I.1.3. From public websites, domain records, publication archives, search engine results, social media records, and public registries;
  • 3I.1.4. From official or commercial corporate databases or authority records, where legally accessible;
  • 3I.1.5. From technical service providers, hosting providers, analytics providers, payment processors, blockchain partners, or document management systems;
  • 3I.1.6. From persons asserting adverse claims, challenges, objections, or evidence relating to a submitted work.

3I.2. Where personal data is obtained indirectly, the Platform shall process it in accordance with applicable law and may provide notice to the data subject where required and reasonably practicable.

3J. Disclosure of personal data for Validation

3J.1. In addition to the disclosures already described in this Privacy Policy, the Platform may disclose personal data processed for Validated Registration to the following categories of recipients where necessary, proportionate, and lawful:

  • 3J.1.1. Appointed copyright experts, legal consultants, document reviewers, fraud-screening personnel, and technical specialists engaged by the Platform;
  • 3J.1.2. Blockchain, hosting, storage, document-management, payment, identity-verification, and cybersecurity service providers;
  • 3J.1.3. Authorities, courts, regulators, enforcement bodies, or dispute-resolution bodies where required by law, court order, legal process, or regulatory demand;
  • 3J.1.4. Bona fide counterparties to a dispute, challenge, objection, or authorship/rights-holder claim, where disclosure is reasonably necessary to review or respond to the matter;
  • 3J.1.5. Auditors, insurers, and professional advisers bound by confidentiality obligations;
  • 3J.1.6. Corporate acquirers, successors, or restructuring parties in the event of merger, acquisition, reorganisation, or transfer of the relevant service business, subject to appropriate safeguards.

3J.2. Where feasible and lawful, the Platform shall limit disclosure to the minimum personal data reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

3J.3. The Platform may redact, minimise, pseudonymize, or partially restrict documents before disclosure where full disclosure is not necessary.

3K. Public and semi-public registration data

3K.1. The Applicant acknowledges that certain data connected with a registration may be displayed, referenced, certified, indexed, or made available in the Platform’s systems, including certificate number, status, timestamp, blockchain reference, work title, limited registry descriptors, and other non-confidential record elements.

3K.2. For Validated Registration, the Platform may also issue certificates, registration extracts, expert summaries, or status notices that contain personal data to the extent necessary to identify the Applicant, author, rights-holder, or representative associated with the work.

3K.3. Before publishing or disclosing any broader validation record to the public, the Platform may apply internal confidentiality rules, role-based access control, masking, or restricted-view mechanisms.

3K.4. Where a work is registered anonymously or pseudonymously, the Platform may retain the underlying identity data privately while limiting public display in accordance with the Applicant’s lawful request and applicable law.

3L. Blockchain and immutability in the Validation model

3L.1. The Applicant acknowledges that the Validation workflow may generate blockchain-linked or otherwise immutable technical records in addition to the records created by the standard verification service.

3L.2. The Platform shall seek to avoid recording excessive personal data directly on-chain and may instead record hashes, fingerprints, timestamps, identifiers, references, or minimised technical proof elements.

3L.3. Where personal data or a linkable identifier is recorded on a blockchain or other immutable medium, such data may not be capable of alteration or erasure, and the Platform may satisfy rectification requests, where legally appropriate, by appending corrective records, restricting off-chain access, or updating associated off-chain databases.

3L.4. The current Privacy Policy already explains that blockchain verification records are permanent and cannot be erased due to the immutable nature of blockchain technology; however, that explanation should be expressly extended to the enhanced Validation workflow as well.

3M. Retention of validation-related data

3M.1. Personal data processed for Validated Registration may be retained for a longer period than standard browsing data or inactive-account data where necessary for evidentiary preservation, rights protection, fraud prevention, challenge handling, regulatory compliance, contractual claims, limitation periods, or dispute resolution.

3M.2. Without prejudice to more specific legal requirements, the Platform may retain:

  • 3M.2.1. Core account data for the period during which the account remains active and for a reasonable period thereafter;
  • 3M.2.2. Application files, deposited materials, certificates, chain-of-title records, publication evidence, and validation reports for as long as reasonably necessary to preserve the integrity and evidentiary value of the registration;
  • 3M.2.3. Identity and authority documents for fraud-prevention, audit, and dispute-support purposes for a period reasonably proportionate to those purposes;
  • 3M.2.4. Payment and billing records for the period required by law, tax regulation, or accounting standards;
  • 3M.2.5. Dispute and objection records for as long as necessary to resolve the relevant matter and any related follow-on claims.

3M.3. Where deletion is not possible because a record has been committed to blockchain or other immutable storage, the Platform may instead restrict access, minimise further processing, or maintain the record solely for evidentiary purposes.

3M.4. The current Privacy Policy provides for deletion of inactive accounts after one year while retaining verified works on blockchain, that rule should be qualified so that validation files, certificates, dispute materials, and rights-support documentation may be retained longer where reasonably necessary for the purposes described above.

3N. Cross-border transfers for Validation

3N.1. Because Validated Registration may involve international copyright analysis, multi-jurisdictional rights-holders, Berne-related review, international publication evidence, cloud services, blockchain infrastructure, and expert review across jurisdictions, personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the data subject’s country of residence.

3N.2. Where such transfers occur, the Platform shall implement appropriate safeguards required by applicable law, which may include contractual safeguards, organisational controls, restricted access measures, encryption, confidentiality obligations, and data-minimization measures.

3N.3. The Applicant acknowledges that where a work involves authors, rights-holders, or evidence from multiple countries, international transfer of personal data may be operationally necessary for completion of the validation procedure.

3O. Rights of data subjects in the Validation workflow

3O.1. Data subjects whose personal data is processed in connection with Validated Registration may, subject to applicable law, request access, rectification, restriction, objection, portability, or deletion of their personal data.

3O.2. These rights may be limited where processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, for compliance with legal obligations, for fraud prevention, for protection of third-party rights, or for preservation of immutable evidentiary records.

3O.3. Where a rectification or erasure request concerns a validation file involving multiple parties, chain-of-title records, challenge records, or immutable proof elements, the Platform may require additional identity verification, balancing of rights, supporting evidence, or lawful basis review before acting on the request.

3O.4. Where full erasure is not possible, the Platform may instead suppress visibility, annotate records, append corrections, or restrict future processing to what is strictly necessary.

3P. Applicant duty regarding third-party personal data

3P.1. Where the Applicant provides personal data of co-authors, co-rights-holders, representatives, employees, officers, contact persons, witnesses, or other third parties, the Applicant is responsible for ensuring that such disclosure to the Platform is lawful.

3P.2. The Applicant shall, where required by law, inform such persons that their personal data may be processed by the Platform for verification, validation, rights review, publication review, Berne-related review, fraud prevention, and dispute-resolution purposes.

3P.3. The Applicant shall indemnify and hold harmless the Platform, to the extent permitted by law, against claims arising from unauthorised, unlawful, or misleading disclosure of third-party personal data by the Applicant.

3Q. Fraud prevention, abuse monitoring, and document integrity

3Q.1. The Platform may process personal data, metadata, usage logs, document patterns, signatures, access history, technical markers, and related information to detect fraud, forged documents, abusive filing patterns, identity inconsistencies, concealed co-authorship, suspicious rights claims, and misuse of the Platform.

3Q.2. The Platform may use automated tools, risk flags, AI-assisted screening, or expert review to support such fraud-prevention activities, provided that applicable legal safeguards are respected.

3Q.3. Where a filing is flagged as suspicious, the Platform may request additional identity evidence, suspend processing, limit access, annotate the record, or refer the matter for further internal or external review.

3R. Adverse claims, disputes, and challenge-related data processing

3R.1. Where any person submits an objection, adverse claim, authorship challenge, ownership challenge, takedown request, or similar dispute relating to a registration, the Platform may process personal data of all relevant parties for the purpose of reviewing and handling the matter.

3R.2. Such data may include names, contact details, ID records, challenge statements, evidentiary documents, correspondence, expert submissions, and procedural notes.

3R.3. The Platform may disclose relevant personal data to the opposing party, experts, advisers, or competent authorities to the extent reasonably necessary for fair review, dispute handling, and evidentiary integrity.

3R.4. Challenge and dispute files may be retained for longer periods than ordinary service records where necessary for enforcement support, defence of claims, or compliance with legal obligations.

3S. Composite works, brands, logos, domains, and mixed-subject filings

3S.1. Where the submitted subject matter consists of a composite copyright work that includes a brand name, logo, domain, website interface, or other mixed subject matter, the Platform may process personal data necessary to identify the persons connected to each relevant component of the filing.

3S.2. Such data processing may include collection and review of domain-related records, public web-presence evidence, publication screenshots, design files, authorship statements, company-contact data, and rights-holding declarations.

3S.3. The attached application form specifically demonstrates that the Validation model may apply to a composite work consisting of a brand name, logo, and domain, and therefore the Privacy Policy should expressly authorise processing of personal data connected to such mixed-subject applications.

3V. Policy Changes

3V.1. This notice may be updated at the discretion of the Platform, any changes will be posted on this page.

3V.2. In the event of material changes to this policy, we will notify you through a prominent notice on the Platform or by direct communication (such as email), where feasible.

3VI. Contact Information

3VI.1. For any questions or inquiries regarding this Privacy and Data Protection Policy, please contact us at:

📧 privacy@ipverification.org