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However, this is not true anonymity. Personal information is collected by these registrars to provide the service. To some, registrars like Domains by Proxy take little persuasion to release so-called 'private' information to the world, requiring only a phone request or or Money Order s in transactions so that the registrar has no knowledge of the personal information about the domain name owner in the first place (which would otherwise be transmitted along with credit card transactions). {Link without Title} {Link without Title}

In March 2005 , the National Telecommunications And Information Administration has said that all owners of .us domains will not have the option of keeping their information private, and that it must be made public.

Currently, the Internet Coalition for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN broadly requires that the Mail ing Address , Phone Number and E-mail Address be made publicly available through the " Whois " directories. That policy enables spammers, direct marketers, identity thieves, or other attackers to loot the directory for personal information about domain name owners.


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