Register.com is a domain registrar and web services brand of the US group Newfold Digital. It offers domain registration and related online services to individuals and businesses, delivered as hosted services. Newfold's privacy documentation names Register.com, Inc. as a covered entity, alongside other Newfold brands such as Network Solutions and Bluehost.
Newfold Digital is a US group; its data protection officer is addressed in Jacksonville, Florida. According to its EEA and Swiss privacy addendum, its services are largely operated in the United States, so personal data of European customers is processed there. Transfers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. Newfold also states that it may have to disclose personal information to public authorities on lawful request, including for national security or law enforcement. The service is not open source. For a European organisation, US law applies to the provider and its data processing, which matters for contracts and transfer assessments.