Whois info.... Gone!!!

[HeidiHoe]

yea... no more buying privacy guard. thanks GDRP

Below is info now given on a domain that does NOT have privacy guard on it:

Domain Name: NERDALERT.WORK
Registry Domain ID: D_0062C97D_6F4A90B4AC4C489C950C72693CAC9429_00000163426152DE-WORK
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL:
Updated Date: 2018-05-20T05:04:36Z
Creation Date: 2018-05-09T00:51:04Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2019-05-09T00:51:04Z
Registrar: GoDaddy
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant State/Province: Ohio
Registrant Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Email: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registry Admin ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin State/Province: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Country: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Email: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registry Tech ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech State/Province: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Country: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Email: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registry Billing ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing State/Province: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Country: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Billing Email: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Name Server: ns1.nerdalert.work.
Name Server: ns2.nerdalert.work.
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/

[bill]

such is long overdue

[fappmaster]

This is good news to prevent spam.

[AlexO]

Ummmm see this article about Godaddy.

GoDaddy will continue publishing most domain owner data

by Andrew Allemann — May 22, 2018 Domain Registrars 7 Comments

Registrar is more selective about which Whois records will be redacted in wake of GDPR.

With the GDPR deadline quickly approaching, the world’s largest domain name registrar has been mostly silent on its plans. Over the past week, I connected with GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) to understand what it plans to do to comply with the EU’s privacy law, especially as it relates to Whois.

Unlike many of its competitors, GoDaddy does not plan to redact Whois information for domain names registered by people outside of the EU. It will continue to publish contact information like it always has for web-based Whois searches. Because it has to redact information for EU residents, GoDaddy will no longer sell DomainsByProxy to people in the European Union but will continue to offer it to people in other regions. (Some countries are routed through others for purchasing due to common currencies and/or languages. For example, customers in Morocco are routed to GoDaddy’s France website. They will be treated like EU residents for purposes of Whois.)

GoDaddy’s decision doesn’t surprise me too much. GoDaddy was an early pioneer of Whois proxy services and has aggressively pushed the paid and high-margin product to its customers. I’m not sure how much money GoDaddy makes from DomainsByProxy but I imagine it’s significant.

Of course, GoDaddy won’t come out and say that Whois privacy revenue is the reason for its decision. SVP & GM – Domains, Kevin Doerr told Domain Name Wire:

There were many reasons we looked at keeping Whois the way it is globally. GoDaddy welcomes the privacy changes that come with GDPR, but we wanted to be thoughtful about impacting our global customers. So GoDaddy will closely monitor the impact of GDPR, as well as regulatory requirements from governments around the world, before making decisions on how to evolve our privacy and Whois practices for every customer.

Whatever the reasons, as a proponent of more public data, I’m in favor of GoDaddy’s decision.

GoDaddy will continue to restrict data on Port 43 lookups, however. Port 43 lookups will contain technical data, state and country only. This will apply to people who currently have whitelisted port 43 access, too.

GoDaddy has restricted Port 43 data since January to cut down on spam. The company has been criticized for Port 43 blocking, but the final GDPR Whois spec from ICANN is essentially in line with what GoDaddy has already done.

The net effect should be little to no spam for domain name registrants but people with a good reason to contact them will still be able to by performing individual Whois lookups on GoDaddy’s website.

Tucows, the world’s second-largest domain registration company, has announced that it will treat all Whois records the same regardless of where the registrant is located. They will all be redacted.

https://domainnamewire.com/2018/05/22/g ... wner-data/

[TheButcher]

I talked to Godaddy in the past hour, and the guy said the whois being redacted is for EU clients.

[HeidiHoe]

I talked to Godaddy in the past hour, and the guy said the whois being redacted is for EU clients.

Why am I not surprised? GoDaddy might have the best name recognition but they are greedy as fuck. The constant up-sell attempts are beyond annoying. I have one domain still registered there. Since it's new I can't move it until early July but the date is marked in my calendar! I've already moved all my other domains to namecheap, much lower renewals and if I do still need to have privacy guard (not sure what namecheap will do for US clients) that's way cheaper as well.

[calista]

Isn't it cheaper to get a mail box pay $20 a month instead of $10 per domain for private registration.

[HeidiHoe]

Just got the email.... whois guard is now free for life at namecheap

[AlexO]

Just got the email.... whois guard is now free for life at namecheap

Asking here, this for Europe based clients or can we all use it.

[HeidiHoe]

Just got the email.... whois guard is now free for life at namecheap

Asking here, this for Europe based clients or can we all use it.

I'm in the US

[TheButcher]

I received the email and it's on their site, I no longer have any domains with namecheap but I guess I still have an account so I'm on the email list, which is nice. They are not the cheapest register in town but never had issues with them. If Godaddy was smart they would offer the private registration to everyone. Being number one and not staying competitive or on the ball is not the best business strategy.

[TheButcher]

Isn't it cheaper to get a mail box pay $20 a month instead of $10 per domain for private registration.

Yes but if you don't want every Tom Dick and Harry to look you up private registration is still the way to go.

[fetishnews]

When you're number one why give it for free?

[HeidiHoe]

When you're number one why give it for free?

The question is how long will you stay number one? All the adverts draw in newbies but after a while some of them wise up and peel off for better deals. Adverts aren't cheap. If retention goes down perhaps they'll be less greedy.

[BrasSmonkey]

i switch to namesilo. i might have to go back to namecheap