Whois Privacy

[Charley]

Thank you for contacting 123-reg

I can confirm that it is not possible to opt-out of the WHOIS database for global top level domains (such as .coms) without losing the ownership of the domain name itself."

I get this message from the customer care.

Is it possible to use an external privacy service? If yes, please name them below[reliable ones].

 

[weblord]

they should be giving you a reason and a reference for their reason maybe a change in their tos or something where they based these decisions.

have you seen this?
http://www.gxn.net/legal/data-protection
they don't have private whois included
that's why
taken from this
http://www.123-reg.co.uk/terms/privacy.shtml

you should be contacting
[email protected]
for your privacy whois if they still include it in their domain.
HTH

 

[Dave_Z]

Yes.

Mostly all registrars allow whois privacy.

Many registrars can allow WHOIS privacy. But none of them are required to
offer that service to end users to begin with.

That's why I'm rather scratching my head why you reported it to InterNIC, as
they have no jurisdiction over a registrar's business practices. ICANN ensures
they comply with their contractual terms and policies, but that's just about it.

Just transfer your domain name to another registrar who offers it. That'll solve
the issue.

 

[weblord]

@Charley
so what's the update on this? is this resolved?

 

[Charley]

That's why I'm rather scratching my head why you reported it to InterNIC, as
they have no jurisdiction over a registrar's business practices.

No I never did. I was suggesting this as an idea that I could do, after I transfer the domain name.

@Charley
so what's the update on this? is this resolved?

I initiated transfer of the domain name to Name.

 

[Dave_Z]

No I never did. I was suggesting this as an idea that I could do, after I transfer the domain name.

Ah, okay. That ended my head-scratching.

In any case, have a good transfer.

 

[Charley]

In any case, have a good transfer.

Thanks for those positive replies.