INOC-DBA Privacy Policy

In keeping with its research and support mission, and the principles of scientific inquiry and open source development, Packet Clearing House does not handle secret or confidential information.

Data of many forms are provided to Packet Clearing House on a voluntary basis by PCH's research partners, peers, and project participants. PCH publishes this information to the public. PCH may, at its sole option, anonymize, aggregate, delete, or restrict access to portions of the data, but does not represent that it will do so in any particular case.

PCH's current operating procedure with respect specifically to statistics from the INOC-DBA telephone system is to not retain either phone numbers or individual IP addresses, and immediately anonymize all statistics to smallest advertised enclosing netblock. Any INOC-DBA participant is welcome to either withhold statistical data from our proxy by not sending SIP record-route messages, or can opt out of statistics by informing us of their desire to do so. Therefore, if you're looking at the INOC-DBA statistics, please regard them as representative rather than complete or authoritative, since they do not include data representing use by parties who have opted out. This operational policy regarding INOC-DBA use statistics may change at any time without notice.

For additional information about PCH's data-handling policies and procedures, please contact privacy@pch.net