Reply to post: Domain privacy is available from Registrars I, familiar with - why is this still a problem?

ICANN gives domain souks permission to tell it the answer to Whois privacy law debacle

Gary Bickford

Domain privacy is available from Registrars I, familiar with - why is this still a problem?

Except for certain TLDs such as .us, every registrar I know of offers privacy at extra cost. This works by providing a special contact cod3 that can be used by law enforcement with proper court papers to identify the real person. So worst case, it seems to me that this system could be made free, with or without default. Why is this insufficient?

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