Why people ask for privacy protect?

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amithbhawani

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They can out any fake info in whois rt?

 

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cataratas

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For any fake info to be outed as you put it takes a bit of effort but it's just easier to keep your real info hidden rather than create fake info. It's an alternative though of course.

 

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amithbhawani

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but people put extr money to buy privcy protect

 

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cataratas

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Ah well. Internet BS and Namecheap (and some others) do it for free.

 

laowai

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cataratas said:

Ah well. Internet BS and Namecheap (and some others) do it for free.

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Just to clarify that Namecheap offers only first year free while Internet BS has no limit

 

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cataratas

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Thank you for that. In fact I did not realise that was so. That makes it very useful information. Gracias.

 

Nut-Nights

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You can go that way too But privacy protection is good.

 

Jet Black

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Namesilo also offer free lifetime WHOIS privacy

 

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Mrfafa

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• Feb 13, 2015

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most of the domain registrar's are providing this facility for free now

 

darkoltree

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Mrfafa said:

most of the domain registrar's are providing this facility for free now

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Not with Hostgator unfortunately

 

Sombrero

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It's very important to have real info in your WhoIS. If ICANN wants you to verify the ownership of X domain and you can't provide proof, they can take your domain.

 

peepin2me

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Yes, I've always wondered the same too. I use a unique fake address for each of my domains even if I get privacy protect offered free of cost.

 

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downwarddog

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Sombrero said:

It's very important to have real info in your WhoIS. If ICANN wants you to verify the ownership of X domain and you can't provide proof, they can take your domain.

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This is why I use my real info and protect. I want to guarantee personal ownership of my domains and not lose an argument about ownership because I lied and used a fake name. After all, there's no harm having the domains associated to you if you can hide your whois from the world.

 

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fcarsenal

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downwarddog said:

This is why I use my real info and protect. I want to guarantee personal ownership of my domains and not lose an argument about ownership because I lied and used a fake name. After all, there's no harm having the domains associated to you if you can hide your whois from the world.

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even if the website contain opyrithed things ? like videohosts embed codes ?

 

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artificialtraffic

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• Feb 18, 2015

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With fake info, you're breaking ICANN rules.

With WHOIS PROTECT, you don't.

 

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papercut

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• Mar 19, 2015

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People choose a WHOIS guard to hide their information behind the domain so that people cannot steal their information without breaking ICANN rules. Many spammers can get your e-mail address from public listing of your domain names WHOIS information.

 

Capo Dei Capi

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Using Fake info and Privact Protection is the best route, you will only have problems if you have the name of a copyrighted or trademark in the domain name,