.ca Domain Names Will be Private
Posted May 19th, 2008 by JohnI have come across some interesting news concerning the registration of Canadiandomain names (.ca). The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will be implementing privacy changes to the dot-ca (.ca) WHOIS, effective June 10, 2008. Fot those who are not familiar with the WHOIS service, it’s a public tool that allows users to search information about a domain name (ie. registration name, address, phone number).
After numerous discussions and feedback from the public, CIRA adopted a new WHOIS policy that no longer displays this information, to provide greater privacy for the Registrants. As an individual Registrant, your private information will be protected by default – no action is required to receive this additional privacy feature.
Previously, (and still for .com, .net, … domain names) a register would need to pay a fee to protect their data by using services such as Domains By Proxy or Myprivateregistration and many others). I fully support the CIRA’s decision and hope one day that other domain tld’s decide to follow suit.
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