Posts by Lesley Cowley

CEO, Nominet

FYI, for a .uk domain name, the address only needs to be a contact address for service and does not need to be a home address.

By way of background, the .uk WHOIS policy was formulated after a lengthy consultation quite a few years ago where genuine privacy concerns were raised, as well as genuine consumer protection concerns.

Some respondents wanted us to follow the .com policy of showing full contact details such as your phone, email and fax information. Some respondents did not want the WHOIS to show their home address, for personal privacy and/or security reasons. In addition, there was the need for compliance with relevant UK online trading regulations and legislation. The current .uk policy that came out of this process attempts to balance all of those issues (to the extent that they can be balanced).

If Chris or other readers would like to discuss their concerns further and/or have ideas about how we could improve .uk policy, then do please get in touch.