Here is the portion of the GoDaddy registration agreement (for registering a domain name) that gave me pause when I went to register my first name. Does this mean what it appears to me to mean - that if you only have a residential address this will be put in a public directory and can even be sold? When filling out the form to get a domain I believe things like address and phone # were required fields. So in order to register a domain name you have to be willing to make all of this information available basically to anyone and maybe available for being sold? This seems more intrusive and underming of one's privacy than my suggestion. I almost didn't go ahead with the registration when I read this part. Maybe I should have given them a fake mailing address!
Randall GoDaddy's domain registration agreement "....You acknowledge and agree that domain name registration requires that this contact information, in whole or in part, be shared with the registry operator. As required by ICANN, this information must also be made publicly available by means of Whois, and that the registry operator may also be required to make this information publicly available by Whois. Both Go Daddy and the registry operator may be required to archive this information with a third party escrow service. You hereby consent and give permission for all such requirements and disclosures. Further, You represent and warrant that, if You are providing information about a third party, You have notified the third party of the disclosure and the purpose for the disclosure and You have obtained the third party's consent to such disclosure. You agree that for each domain name registered by You the following information will be made publicly available in the Whois directory as determined by ICANN Policy and may be sold in bulk as set forth in the ICANN agreement: a.. The domain name b.. Your name and postal address c.. The email address, postal address, voice and fax numbers for technical and administrative contacts d.. The Internet protocol numbers for the primary and secondary name servers e.. The corresponding names of the name servers f.. The original date of registration and expiration date You agree that, to the extent permitted by ICANN, Go Daddy may make use of the publicly available information You provided during the registration process. If You engage in the reselling of domain names You agree to provide any individuals whose personal information You've obtained, information about the possible uses of their personal information pursuant to ICANN policy. You also agree to obtain consent, and evidence of consent, from those individuals for such use of the personal information they provide. " ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
