{"id":3904,"date":"2014-03-12T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2014-03-12T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:18:33","slug":"is-your-domain-registrar-receiving-private-emails-meant-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/is-your-domain-registrar-receiving-private-emails-meant-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your domain Registrar receiving private emails meant for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The way WHOIS information is presented these days, differs from a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Queries now display information that places emphasis and priority on the Registrar of the domain, including their contact email address for abuse.<\/p>\n<p>While this change appears to be subtle, it can have an impact on your privacy and business.<\/p>\n<p>When someone uses a WHOIS tool, such as <strong>DomainTools<\/strong>, to view who owns a particular domain name, the domain owner&#8217;s information only appears past these results:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Registrar\u00a0URL:\u00a0http:\/\/www.fabulous.com<br \/>\nUpdated\u00a0Date:\u00a02013-06-07T23:10:45Z<br \/>\nCreation\u00a0Date:\u00a01997-03-11T05:00:00Z<br \/>\nRegistrar\u00a0Registration\u00a0Expiration\u00a0Date:\u00a02016-03-12T00:00:00Z<br \/>\nRegistrar:\u00a0FABULOUS.COM\u00a0PTY\u00a0LTD.<br \/>\nRegistrar\u00a0IANA\u00a0ID:\u00a0411<br \/>\nRegistrar\u00a0Abuse\u00a0Contact\u00a0Email:\u00a0<a title=\"Search for this email address\" href=\"https:\/\/reversewhois.domaintools.com\/?email=cef5bb632ea6807b90986072c6a9306d\">abuse@fabulous.com<\/a><br \/>\nRegistrar\u00a0Abuse\u00a0Contact\u00a0Phone:\u00a0+61.730070015<br \/>\nReseller:\u00a0N\/A<br \/>\nDomain\u00a0Status:\u00a0clientDeleteProhibited<br \/>\nDomain\u00a0Status:\u00a0clientTransferProhibited<br \/>\nRegistry\u00a0Registrant\u00a0ID:\u00a0N\/A<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keeping in mind that most people out there aren&#8217;t familiar with the difference between registrar and registrant, there is a strong chance that emails meant for you end up in the mailboxes of your registrar.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, someone includes your registrar in private communications meant for you.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time this week, I received an email that CC&#8217;ed my registrar&#8217;s abuse department, not as part of a complaint of sorts, but as an inquiry about a domain name.<\/p>\n<p>This concerns me, because it clearly includes other parties in a private communication, and also because important information meant for me might never reach my mailbox.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, these changes were mandated by ICANN, that also spearheaded the email verification process from 2014 onwards; a requirement that caused a lot of <a title=\"ICANN has just complicated domain transfers\" href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domains\/icann-has-just-complicated-domain-transfers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>trouble with phishing emails<\/strong><\/a> sent to unsuspected GoDaddy users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way WHOIS information is presented these days, differs from a year ago. 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