Did you know .US domains don't allow whois privacy? (1.Viewing)

Did you know .US domains don't allow whois privacy?

I wish .ca would do the same

If you're going to mandate Canadian presence requirements then it should be public to assure compliance.

MapleDots said:

I wish .ca would do the same

If you're going to mandate Canadian presence requirements then it should be public to assure compliance.

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That would do nothing other than opening the floodgates to all the 3rd world scammers to start spewing Canada with fraudster crap. After all, registering a .CA does NOT require a Canadian address, only some type of Canadian citizenship, or in the case of a company, a recognized TM.

I know a couple of domain investors who live in Barbados and I have sold several domains to multi-national companies existing outside of Canada.

Keeping whois public, how do you deal with the relentless phone calls offering website services?

mikeyboy said:

Keeping whois public, how do you deal with the relentless phone calls offering website services?

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Maple uses his business info, so he doesn't have to worry about that.

mikeyboy said:

Keeping whois public, how do you deal with the relentless phone calls offering website services?

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Be far more worried about fraudsters using your personal data to try and social engineer their way into your other accounts.

What I would like to see is a KYC of beneficial owners of .ca domains. CIRA could mandate that a registrar enforce KYC type rules so that the first time you create a registrant profile that you have to verify it with a passport/ID/corporate registration, etc... A registrar could even be allowed to charge a nominal fee for that one time setup. And in theory you just do that once because you can ensure all your domains are tied to the same contact.