The objectives of the WHOIS & Privacy Policy are:

To disclose to the Registrant, and in doing so obtain the Registrant's consent, to the fact that the Personal Information provided by the Registrant may be dealt with in the following manner by CoCCA members who have adopted the harmonized policy.

(a) Personal Information shall be collected in the form of a Registrant database, which is used, maintained and corrected from time to time in accordance with the Policy; 
(b) Personal Information shall be collected for the purpose of the storage and maintenance of the Personal Information. The  TLD manager shall not disclose or transfer the Personal Information to any third party other than the ccTLD Escrow Agent unless under the circumstances detailed in the "Use and disclosure" section of this Policy;
(c) All personal information about the Registrant which is supplied to an accredited registrar is held by the TLD Registry Manager for the benefit of local and global internet communities and may be required to be publicly disclosed to third parties and used to maintain a public "Whois" service, provided that such disclosure is consistent with:
(i) Privacy principles specified in CoCCA recommended policies; and
(ii) The applicable TLD Policies and legislation;

To outline the procedures for the appropriate collection, holding, use, correction, disclosure and transfer of a Registrant's Personal Information by the TLD manager;

For the TLD manager to undertake the requirements in such a way so as to ensure that the policy

(a)meets international concerns and obligations relating to privacy; 
(b) recognises a Registrant's interests in protecting their privacy; 
(c) recognises important human rights and social interests that compete with privacy, including the general desirability of a free flow of information and the right of the TLD manager to achieve its objectives efficiently; and 
(d) encourages Registrants to provide and maintain accurate and reliable contact details with the knowledge that the TLD manager will respect their privacy.

( See the applicable TLD policy on the right )