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Legal & Domain Operations (G18)

Why this exists. A single place to track the legal/operational facts that don’t live in code: domain renewals, trademark/IP status, ToS/Privacy-Policy versions per product, business entity + tax registrations, and the third-party data processors we’re accountable for. Without this, a domain silently expires or a privacy obligation is missed. Closes: GAP_REGISTER.md G18. Companion: BUS_FACTOR.md (operator continuity). πŸ”² = operator-only fact to fill in. Review cadence: monthly (Monday review) for renewal dates; quarterly for entity/tax/IP. Domains/zones cross-check against service-registry.yml.

1. Domain registry

Domains discovered from service-registry.yml on 2026-06-01. Fill in registrar, renewal date, and auto-renew status β€” an expired apex domain takes the whole product offline.
DNS lives at Cloudflare for the active products (zones managed in the adrper79 account). Registrar (where the domain is bought/renewed) may differ from DNS host β€” track both.

2. Trademark / IP status

Also track: logo/copyright ownership (esp. any contractor-produced art), and whether any brand name conflicts with an existing registered mark before spending on it.

3. ToS / Privacy Policy version per product

Each customer-facing product needs a published Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, versioned so we know what a user agreed to and when. Ties to the privacy conformance dimension (PLATFORM_STANDARDS.md) and per-app PII_INVENTORY.md.

4. Business entity & tax


5. Third-party data processors (sub-processor list)

Vendors that process customer/personal data on our behalf β€” needed for privacy-policy disclosure and DPA tracking. Pre-filled from the platform stack; confirm a DPA is on file for each that touches personal data.

6. Review log