[RFCI-Discuss] Cloaked ccTLD registrations?

[Andrew Rendle]

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Alan Brown wrote:
> What's the current listability of cloaked *.uk domains?
> 
> Example:
> 
> [whois.nic.uk]
> 
>     Domain name:
>         freefalluniversity.co.uk
> 
>     Registrant:
>         Freefall University
> 
>     Registrant type:
>         UK Individual
> 
>     Registrant's address:
>         The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
>         address omitted from the WHOIS service.
> 

With that particular example, I hope that the address will not be hidden
for much longer, since they are not entitled under Nominet's policy to
be hiding their details as they are not a "non-trading individual."
(They are, in fact, neither non-trading nor an individual[1].)
If you do come across example like that one where Nominet's opt-out is
being (ab)used by registrants who aren't entitled to it, I suggest
telling Nominet about it, since they don't appear to do any active
checking themselves (hiding your details as a [.co|.org|.me].uk is
trivial (selecting two radio buttons and clicking submit) and is applied
immediately.)

Andrew

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