Did I miss something about Whois name and email missing

New GDPR rules came into affect May 18, last year. Most registrars have chosen to redact whois data so as to keep with conformance, regardless of whether the business is based in EU or not, because their customers may still be in the EU.

It's all to do with privacy. Companies are now mandated to protect it from search engines or other methods.

Here's a couple links, and also lots of threads on NP on it.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbpgga/whois-gdpr-europe-icann-registrar
https://www.m3ssolutions.com/article/11-must-know-facts-about-gdpr/204

Many arguments pro/con, because buyers can't find you. But neither can spammers.

fatter said:

all my names just have fabulous listed as registrar, my name is nowhere, no phone or email either
IE: raindates.com

I don't have any privacy settings on

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Your email is clearly shown on Linux via whois raindates.com
You may also try webwhois directly at Fabulous site.

+ similar thread: https://www.namepros.com/threads/whois-even-anonymous-email-contacts-are-gone.1158558/

Thanks folks I have been on cruise control for a while, only answering inquiries about my names, must have missed this.
Joe T

That's great, greedy companies like godaddy can stop charging an arm and a leg for whois privacy when other good registrars like namecheap have been providing free whois. I don't how godaddy stays in business, marketing is king I guess. They have a big marketing budget.