{"id":12467,"date":"2024-06-10T09:07:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpirdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=12467"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:58:49","slug":"reserved-names-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/reserved-names-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reserved Names Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pir-policies\">PIR Policies<\/h1>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_33825e2a8450d83402802b3bd37119ed\" class=\"policies \">\n    <div class=\"policies-index-container\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"policies-index\">\n            <p class=\"policies-index-title\">Policies<\/p>\n            <div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/anti-abuse-policy\/\">Anti-Abuse Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/privacy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/vendor-standards-of-behavior\/\">Vendor Standards of Behavior<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/reserved-names-policy\/\">Reserved Names Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/ngo-ong-policy\/\">Registration Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"policies-content-container\">\n        <div class=\"policy-container\">\n            <h2 class=\"policy-title text--xxl h--3\">Reserved Names Policy<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"policy-section\">\n                <p class=\"section-description \"><p>The following names are reserved from registration:<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col md:flex-row mb-4\">\n<div class=\"w-full px-3\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<ul>\n<li>All two-letter second-level names;<\/li>\n<li>Names of an inappropriate nature, e.g., adult-related terminology, as defined by PIR;<\/li>\n<li>Names required by ICANN to be reserved;<\/li>\n<li>Certain generic names defined by PIR that represent the NGO Community in a general manner.<\/li>\n<li>Names that PIR uses to support the registry, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Names to support registry operations, e.g., directory.ngo\/directory.ong;<\/li>\n<li>Names to support PIR\u2019s NGO Community Advisory Council.<\/li>\n<li>Names reserved by PIR, in its discretion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the event a registrant attempts to register a reserved name, the registrant will receive a notice informing it that the domain name it is attempting to register has been reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"policies-index-container-mobile\">\n        <div class=\"policies-index sticky\">\n            <div class=\"header\">\n                <p class=\"policies-index-title\">Policies<\/p>\n                <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon active\">menu<\/span>\n                <span class=\"material-icons notranslate mdc-fab__icon\">close<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"body\">\n                \n                <div class=\"policies-index\">\n                    <div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/anti-abuse-policy\/\">Anti-Abuse Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/privacy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/vendor-standards-of-behavior\/\">Vendor Standards of Behavior<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/reserved-names-policy\/\">Reserved Names Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"policies-index-item\"><div><a href=\"https:\/\/pir.org\/our-impact\/ngo-ong-policy\/\">Registration Policy<\/a><\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIR Policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":735,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - 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