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  • roly
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2002
    • 1844
    #1

    US privacy laws - archived whois?

    hi

    i've got a domain that i didn't have whois privacy on for a few months by mistake, and a few whois archive sites had my old whois info displayed before it was privacy protected again. most of these removed it when i sent them a nice email, but one site doesn't reply to my emails, i even offered him $50 paypal as a gesture, to cover his time doing it.

    my question is are there any US privacy laws that cover this that i can mention to him when i ring him to request that he removes it, seeing as the whois is now protected?

    thanks in advance
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    • u-Bob
      there's no $$$ in porn
      • Jul 2005
      • 33063
      #2
      US? probably not.
      EU? yep. (not that that will be of any help to you, but just saying...)

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        • rowan
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2002
          • 17393
          #3
          Hmmm... remember that it's still a public database, regardless of whether the registrar offers "privacy"

          If it ever went further I'd be looking at whether they have the right to indefinitely archive what is probably a copyrighted database.

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            • roly
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 1844
              #4
              ok guys thanks, i did notice that he has a small screen cap of the site on the page as well, is that a copyright violation or fair usage?

              i notice that his hosting has a strict no adult usage, and the screen cap and some of the text on the page might be enough for his hosting to get upset. i may use that as a last resort.

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                • jawanda
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 6040
                  #5
                  Interesting to see this post here, I was just wondering about the same issue today. I doubt there is much you can do legally, but I am really surprised that you are not hearing back. Might be a dead email address. Have you tried looking up HIS whois and finding alternate contact info?

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                    • famous
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2002
                      • 674
                      #6
                      yeah i got one of my sites attached to my name thats has a privacy registraion and always had. kinda baffled. I just emailed them yesterday hopefully they will play nice

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                        • roly
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 1844
                          #7
                          Originally posted by jawanda
                          Interesting to see this post here, I was just wondering about the same issue today. I doubt there is much you can do legally, but I am really surprised that you are not hearing back. Might be a dead email address. Have you tried looking up HIS whois and finding alternate contact info?
                          yeah i got his contact email from whois, the emails don't bounce, i'm going to phone him, and if the whois is fake then report him, i just wanted to check where i stand legally before phoning him.

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                            • designerscode
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2010
                              • 220
                              #8
                              yep, do your homework first before confronting him. might give him the scare too haha

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                                • fatfoo
                                  ICQ:649699063
                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 27763
                                  #9
                                  $50 paypal is too much to offer. Good luck iwth whois protection.
                                  Send me an email: [email protected]

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                                    • d-null
                                      . . .
                                      • Apr 2007
                                      • 13724
                                      #10
                                      another reason to use fake names when registering domains, doesn't cost anything extra either

                                      I've seen privacy fail before too

                                      now I would use different pseudonyms on every domain, that way your domains can not be easily linked to each other, and your real name is never linked to the domains when you least expect it either

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                                        • roly
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 1844
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by d-null
                                          another reason to use fake names when registering domains, doesn't cost anything extra either

                                          I've seen privacy fail before too

                                          now I would use different pseudonyms on every domain, that way your domains can not be easily linked to each other, and your real name is never linked to the domains when you least expect it either
                                          that's interesting, so if i say register with godaddy or namecheap if my details are legit for my card, the fact that if i use a different fake name for the registrant they won't automatically pick that up?

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                                            • d-null
                                              . . .
                                              • Apr 2007
                                              • 13724
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by roly
                                              that's interesting, so if i say register with godaddy or namecheap if my details are legit for my card, the fact that if i use a different fake name for the registrant they won't automatically pick that up?
                                              why would they care? what if you are buying the domain for a friend or relative? there is no rule that says the credit card that is paying the bill has to be the owner of the domain

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