WHOIS Protection

LillyIsland

I'm purchasing a .ie domain and I’m just a bit unclear about whether it is necessary or not to get this to avoid unsolicited emails/calls. I heard that if your within the EU it's not necessary as privacy laws prohibit the publishing of your contact info on the WHOIS directory but I can't really find clear info about this online.

mneylon

The public whois for .ie domains has never included phone numbers or email addresses.

If the domain is registered to a private individual then the the whois will be very basic eg:

Domain: michele.ie
Domain Holder:
Admin-c: AIQ120-IEDR
Tech-c: AAM456-IEDR
Account Name: Blacknight.ie
Registrar Abuse Contact: abuse@blacknight.com
Registration Date: 12-January-2009
Renewal Date: 12-January-2021
Holder-type:
Locked status: NO
Renewal status: Active
In-zone: 1
Nserver: ns1.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns2.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns3.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns4.blacknight.com

If it's being registered to a company (a legal person) then the company name is published:

Domain: blacknight.ie
Domain Holder: Blacknight Internet Solutions Limited
Admin-c: AAE553-IEDR
Tech-c: AAM456-IEDR
Account Name: Blacknight.ie
Registrar Abuse Contact: abuse@blacknight.com
Registration Date: 21-August-2003
Renewal Date: 21-August-2028
Holder-type: Billable
Locked status: YES
Renewal status: Active
In-zone: 1
Nserver: ns.blacknightsolutions.com
Nserver: ns2.blacknightsolutions.com


Hopefully that helps you.

Michele

LillyIsland

mneylon wrote: »

The public whois for .ie domains has never included phone numbers or email addresses.

If the domain is registered to a private individual then the the whois will be very basic eg:

Domain: michele.ie
Domain Holder:
Admin-c: AIQ120-IEDR
Tech-c: AAM456-IEDR
Account Name: Blacknight.ie
Registrar Abuse Contact: abuse@blacknight.com
Registration Date: 12-January-2009
Renewal Date: 12-January-2021
Holder-type:
Locked status: NO
Renewal status: Active
In-zone: 1
Nserver: ns1.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns2.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns3.blacknight.com
Nserver: ns4.blacknight.com

If it's being registered to a company (a legal person) then the company name is published:

Domain: blacknight.ie
Domain Holder: Blacknight Internet Solutions Limited
Admin-c: AAE553-IEDR
Tech-c: AAM456-IEDR
Account Name: Blacknight.ie
Registrar Abuse Contact: abuse@blacknight.com
Registration Date: 21-August-2003
Renewal Date: 21-August-2028
Holder-type: Billable
Locked status: YES
Renewal status: Active
In-zone: 1
Nserver: ns.blacknightsolutions.com
Nserver: ns2.blacknightsolutions.com


Hopefully that helps you.

Michele

Brilliant thanks!