Exposing Personal Information in the Whois Database

rocketjam writes "In a letter to U.S. Representatives Lamar S. Smith and Howard L. Berman, the Center for Democracy and Technology has raised the issue of privacy problems with the Whois Database. Acknowledging the database is uncontroversial for commercial registrations, the letter points that private individuals who register a domain name expose their names, home addresses, home phone numbers, and home e-mail addresses to the world. The letter warns, 'The current Whois regime is on a collision course with public sensitivities and international law. In an era of concern about identity theft and online security, it is unwise to require millions of individual registrants to place their home phone numbers, home addresses, and personal email accounts into a publicly available database that places no restrictions on the use of that data.' Additionally, the letter points out the current policy violates the privacy laws of some nations."

How else...

[TheGreek]

...am I going to find phone numbers so I can pick up chicks?

Re:amen

[Anonymous Coward]

How is it a big worry? Nobody visits your site anyway.

Re:How else...

[march]

If you are looking for chicks in the whois database, it's no wonder you haven't had a date in a while....

Re:How else...

[The Old Burke]

The Internet is new thing for you huh?

Everybody knows that WHOIS lists plenty [whois.net] of chicks.