Official registry for the .bi country code top-level domain — Republic of Burundi

Privacy Policy

What personal data the registry and this website handle, why, and for how long.

Draft — not yet in forceThis document is being finalised and may change. For binding terms, contact the registry.

1. Who we are

This website is operated by the .bi registry. For any question about this policy, use the contact form.

2. Domain registration data

When a domain name is registered, the registrar sends the registry the contact details of the registrant and of the administrative, technical and billing contacts. The registry uses this data to operate the domain name, to resolve disputes and abuse, and to meet its legal obligations.

Registration data is published through the WHOIS and RDAP lookup services in accordance with the registry's disclosure rules. To correct your registration data, contact your registrar.

3. Data collected by this website

  • Contact form and abuse reports: the details you enter, plus your IP address and browser identifier to protect the forms against misuse. We use them only to answer you and to handle your report.
  • Domain searches and lookups: the names you search for and your IP address, used for rate limiting and to keep the services secure.
  • Cookies: a language cookie that remembers English or French, a security cookie that protects forms, and, on pages with a form, a cookie set by Cloudflare Turnstile to tell people and automated programs apart. No advertising or tracking cookies are used.

4. Retention

Enquiries and abuse reports are kept for as long as needed to handle them and to keep a record of the registry's actions. Server logs are kept for a limited period for security purposes.

5. Your rights

You may ask for access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data the registry holds about you, subject to the registry's legal obligations. Use the contact form.

Last updated 26 October 2026.