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Terms of Use

The terms that govern use of the GPRCC website, registry and applicant portal.

1. Who we are

This website presents the Global Publishing Rights & Compliance Council (“GPRCC”), a proposed international standards, registry and compliance framework currently at the Consultation institutional mode. No operating entity, government body or intergovernmental organization has assumed formal authority over GPRCC.

2. Nature of services

GPRCC provides review, case-tracking, registry and monitoring concepts for consultation purposes. Nothing on this website creates, registers or transfers any copyright, trademark or other statutory right, and nothing here is legal advice.

3. Optional participation

Participation in any GPRCC program shown here is voluntary. No publisher, retailer, distributor, government or authority requires a GPRCC record in order to publish.

4. Fees

The initial application and standards-intake stages have no fee. If a record is placed On Hold, one completion-verification fee is quoted for each affected program before the single completion submission. Payment never guarantees an outcome. Any completion-verification fee must be quoted in writing before the single submission. Payment does not guarantee an outcome.

5. Registry records

Public registry pages show only the fields authorized for publication. Records reflect status at the date shown and may change on revalidation, corrective action, decline, disapproval, reconsideration or completion.

6. Acceptable use

Do not misrepresent a GPRCC record as governmental, UN-system or regulator approval, scrape the registry, or attempt to access another applicant's data.

7. Liability

To the extent permitted by law, GPRCC is not liable for third-party conduct, platform decisions or legal outcomes.

8. Governing law

No governing jurisdiction or operating legal entity is identified for this consultation website. These pages do not establish contractual terms or select a governing law. That information must be published if an operating service is established.

Consultation information · Updated 24 September 2026. These pages describe the proposed framework and do not establish an operating legal service.