: Whois information and privacy I recently owned my own website and had to fill in details for whois database. I'm not comfortable displaying my personal details (where I live, what my number

@Miguel251

Yes, you are required to provide valid information. This requirement is generally imposed by the TLD authority, therefore it may be waived for certain TLDs.

Each TLD regulated by ICANN must have valid registrant information. This is per ICANN regulation and ICANN is pushing this rule quite hard. Since 2014 the registrars must validate the user email and registrant physical address, and have the right to suspend the domain if the data are incorrect or invalid.

Most registrars provide a whois privacy feature that hides your personal information.

That said, you can decide at your risk to provide invalid information. It's unlikely that an attorney will ring at your door, however it's at your own risk. As I mentioned, you can get your domain locked or disabled.

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@Nimeshi995

There is no such law you need provide the correct details to the domain registrar, however most if not all domain regulators request correct whois information otherwise they will suspend the domain.

There is no such thing as full anonymity when purchasing a domain even with private whois. Private whois will stop the majority of spam however there are services to reveal this information.

If you want the spam to stop fully, don't use your every day email address or your telephone number. If your email address or telephone number has been exposed, then its already to late and your details are in the mass of spammers databases, and you would need to change your email and phone number.

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