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Russia to Halt Public Access to .RU Whois Data?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the who-isnt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Domain Tools blog post is reporting on a Russian newspaper article regarding a provision of Russian law that would prohibit public access or posting of Whois data for the .RU TLD without written permission. The Personal Data law, which the article states went into effect on January 30, 2007, will require compliance by RosNIIROSa (www.ripn.net) by 2010."

5 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. In Canada... by Nos. · · Score: 2, Informative

    In Canada its not prohibited to look up information, but as an individual with a registered domain, I don't have to have my information in the whois record. Check out Privacy.ca

    1. Re:In Canada... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Nominet (.uk) also allow non-trading individuals to opt-out of whois, which opens the door for spamtards to abuse the system.

      I conclude anonymity should take a backseat when someone registers a domain - this from a privacy freak and eternal AC.

    2. Re:In Canada... by floorpirate · · Score: 2, Informative

      Privacy.ca is just a go-between service. As long as the contact info (and registrant name) on the WHOIS is valid, CIRA doesn't care. CIRA can still e-mail you if you're using Privacy.ca, but nobody else can. And it's only private until someone pays Privacy.ca for your contact info (it's part of their TOS), and then anyone can find out who you are and start to annoy you.

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  2. Re:SO am I right in thinking... by powermacx · · Score: 2, Informative

    The .ar domain has no whois but it's because of the incompetence of the people managing it...

    True, but you can do a domain lookup at http://www.nic.ar/
  3. Re:Wrong by superwiz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, in modern Russia bribery is the only way of doing business with the government. Period. On ANY (including the highest) level. This is not even a cynical view. It's just how it is. Given this and the fact that it takes less money to get a fake Russian passport (under $200) than to bribe an official to get a real one (about $500), this just increases the registration cost for any foreigner wishing to get a domain .ru

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