Privacy deal over net names

Monday, 26 August, 2002

The overseers of the .uk net domain are delaying changes to the list of who owns which site to head off worries over privacy. Nominet, which looks after the .uk domain, was proposing to provide comprehensive contact details to anyone searching for the owner of a .uk domain. 

But the proposal met fierce criticism from parents and other groups worried that their privacy would be at risk if the changes went ahead. 

Now Nominet is proposing a compromise that it hopes will calm the fears of domain owners. 

Currently a query on the "whois" database returns only basic information such as who the domain was registered for and who actually registered it. Contact information is likely to be limited to an e-mail address. 

This is in contrast to the "whois" information returned when looking up a .com domain which usually gives several different ways to contact an owner. 

More details at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2209568.stm

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