New Whois Procedures for .ca

[JoeCanadian]

Interesting development for those of us registering .ca domains. As of June 10 it will be optional to make your whois information public. Of course your whois information will still be available to CIRA and your registrar. Not sure what procedures will be for supplying that information where registrant alleged to be engaging in naughty behavior.

 

[mis_chiff]

I read something about this a little while back.
If I understand this correctly the only thing that
will change will be what shows in the public whois...?

I wonder what will happen to the privacy rule...
where the first and last name must always show .

 

[shockie]

does this mean there won't be any more need for private registration services, sort of like cira is offering free whois privacy? :blink:

 

[JoeCanadian]

My understanding is that its total privacy - no first or last name required. So yes free privacy service. Obviously they will reveal the information to anyone with a Canadian court order. Here's link to article:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=2f7984f6-d056-4a26-a3b5-5da8e2a38ab3

 

[Danto]

Thanks for info

Sounds like good news!

Danto

 

[shockie]

sounds good, thanks for the update!

 

[cera]

Individual Domain Name Holders - Your private information is protected by default. Can be turned off.
Corporate (Non-individual) Domain Name Holders - Corporate information is displayed by default. Request can be made to hide info.

According to CIRA
http://www.cira.ca/en/Whois/whois_intro.html