Protecting domain name ownership has been a hot topic lately. Many domain name owners use third-party privacy or proxy registration services to disguise their real identities. Confidentiality of a domain name is like having a phone number that is not on a list, which is not available in any phone book or online database. This means that when you search for whois, your domain name registrar's information will be displayed with camouflaged or pseudo-information from mail or email forwarding services. This article discusses the legality of hiding your domain name identity.
Will the data protection office be the owner?
The owner of a domain name can be identified from the WHOIS entry for the domain. Registrant information must clearly state the name, address, email address, and contact number of the domain name owner. But when the privacy service is enabled, you will not be able to see it. Therefore, an important question arises whether the person referred to as the registrant is the Beneficial Owner.
In the known case of Cyber Squat from SolidHost v. NameCheap, the latter, is a data protection provider whose contact details are referred to as the owner of the domain name. Solid Host insisted on revealing the real identity of the domain owner, but they refused. Solid Host is suing NameCheap in California. In an interlocutory motion, the court ruled that NameCheap, by identifying itself as the owner of the controversial domain name, contributed to cyber squatting, even though the actual owner may be someone else with whom NameCheap only trusts the domain name. This decision was received with little criticism and a lot of two pence from most people.
In another case, when the domain registrar goes bankrupt and is still registered as a domain registrar, the court orders the court partner to disclose domain ownership information and transfer the data to ICANN, which makes transferring and relocating Domains easier. On the new registrar.
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