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Nominet Compromising UK WHOIS Privacy, Wants To See Gov't-Issued ID

Posted by timothy on from the cat-detector-vans-are-on-the-way dept.

ktetch-pirate (1850548) writes Earlier this week, Nominet launched the .uk domain to great fanfare, but hidden in that activity has been Nominet's new policy of exposing personal domain owners' home addresses. Justification is based on a site being judged "commercial," which can mean anything from a few Google ads or an Amazon widget, to an email subscription box or linking to too many commercial sites, according to Nominet reps. In the meantime though, they want your driving license or passport to ensure "accuracy" because they "want to make things safe."

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  1. Re:this should apply to all domains worldwide by sjames · · Score: 1, Troll

    And, of course, none of those sort of people would ever fib, right?

    OTOH, anyone who says anything online has a good reason not to tell every kook and killer in the world where they live.

    Go ahead, post your complete and accurate contact info right here. Do include phone number.