For .eu domains whois opt-out is easy, when you know how. You are not however allowed to use services such as namecheaps “whois guard” which essentially hides the whois information when someone runs a “whois” query on your domain. A whois query will return the personal information of the person who owns the domain, including there name, address, telephone number and email address. Example of a whois query on Google.eu: As can be seen the registrants details can easily be seen. For .com, .net, .me domains its easy to use a service, usually offered by the domain registrar to hide these details, however for .eu domains this is not allowed. .eu domain owners are however allowed to opt-out of there personal details been shown, and you will not even have to pay anything extra like you would with a .com domain. Basically when a .eu domain is registered, no matter who the domain registrar is the corresponding European Registry for Internet Domains (Eurid) account is created automatically. Eurid handles all registrations and disputes of .eu domains. This account will allow you to opt-out or select personal information shown on “whois” searches, In order to get access to this account you can…
For .uk based domains whois opt-out is easy, when you know how. You are not however allowed to use services such as namecheaps “whois guard” which essentially hides the whois information when someone runs a “whois” query on your domain. A whois query will return the personal information of the person who owns the domain, including there name, address, telephone number and email address. Example of a whois query on Google.co.uk: As can be seen the registrants details can easily be seen. For .com, .net, .me domains its easy to use a service, usually offered by the domain registrar to hide these details, however for .UK domains this is not allowed. There is a work around however, and you will not even have to pay anything extra like you would with a .com domain. If the domain is just been used for personal use e.g. a blog or a general website then you can whois opt-out to stop your personal information been show on whois query’s. Basically when a .UK domain is registered, no matter who the domain registrar is the corresponding Nominet Online Service account is created automatically. Nominet is the .uk domain name registry in the United Kingdom…