‘WHOIS privacy changes: what they would mean for brands’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
Patricio Robles says, “Proposals being considered by ICANN would limit the use of WHOIS privacy protection services that domain name owners frequently use to keep their domain registrations under the radar.
As detailed by respectourprivacy.com, a joint initiative started by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future and domain name registrar NameCheap:
Under new guidelines proposed by MarkMonitor and others who represent the same industries that backed SOPA, domain holders with sites associated to “commercial activity” will no longer be able to protect their private information with WHOIS protection services“.
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