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Domain Registration: Why You Need Private Whois Service |
by:
Stanley Spencer |
Privacy iscontrol of one’s own personal information, control over what others know about one, and control over how others may use or exploitpersonal information. Policies and practices for protecting privacy aim towards minimizingcollection of personally identifiable information. Therefore,basis of privacy is anonymity, where no personally identifiable information is collected. Making compulsory,disclosure of personally identifiable information, as under current WhoIs policies for domain registration, cause privacy to be undermined
For free speech, privacy is critical. For instance, if people are forced to disclose their identity, they are reluctant to fully express their ideas on account of fear of persecution.
The protection of anonymity further enhancesone-to-many characteristics ofInternet through whichindividual's speech can reachglobal audience.
Privacy and data protection laws may apply to domain registrars' WhoIs services and registrars' participation in thick registry WhoIs services in various countries, particularly inEuropean Union's member states.
Current ICANN regulations require thatPrivate contact information (WhoIs Info) of each domain registration be included inpublicly accessible Database.
The WhoIs database iscollection of information gathered bydomain name registrar from domain name registrants.
The purpose for whichWhoIs system is accessed includes:
one. To find out whetherspecific domain name is unregistered and currently available
two. To identifyperson or organization responsible fordomain registration or website onInternet
three. To support technical operations of Internet Service Providers or network administrators, including assistance in tracing sources of Spam or denial of service attacks
four. To collect names and contact information forpurpose of marketing
five. To aid government law enforcement, other than intellectual property
WhenWhoIs search is conducted,information that is currently available aboutdomain name registrant leads toname and address ofdomain name owner.
However, whendomain name is registered,personal contact information such as name, address, email address, and even phone number might be made freely available.
The domain registrant would not know who collected his/her WhoIs data,reason for whichinformation was collected, and howcollector is likely to useinformation
This implies thatprivate information is displayed and made available to whoever wants to see it, at any point of time.
Now it is possible to protect one’s private WhoIs information by switching"public" domain registration to"private" unlisted registration throughprivate whois service.
A private whois service protectsprivate information and shields against its misuse. Hence, one is protected against:
- Spam,
- Identity Theft,
- Data Mining,
- Name Hijackers,
- Etc.
It works insimilar way to having one’s phone umber "unlisted" and it prevents people from gaining access to one’s address, phone number and other such private information.
A private whois service works by:
- Protectingprivate information
- Relaying important communication
- Providing greater control
ProtectingPrivate Information
This implies thatprivate contact information is not exposed and is held confidentially, and protected byDomain Privacy Protection Service. Instead ofindividual’s contact information, their contact information is displayed to provide withhighest level of protection against spammers and identity theft.
Relaying Important Communication
Withoutprivate whois service, those involved in spamming can obtain email addresses through harvesting and then use these for sending spam mails and redistribution to marketing firms. The email addresses can stay on record with various spammers and marketing firms for several years. Withprivate whois service,visible email address is constantly changing, so it will change withinspecific period of time andprevious address will not work forspammer. The Domain Privacy Protection Service secures and maintainsreal email address on record so that important information regardingdomain is received.
Providing Greater Control
The individual or organization subscribing toprivate whois service retains full legal ownership and control overdomain registration. It is possible to sell, renew, transfer and change settings todomain name justsame as otherwise. The domain control panel provides real-time access to easily managedomain name.
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