Domain Privacy? Do I need it?
June 20th, 2009
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When talking about domain privacy, also known as private registration, I think the Wikipedia page sums it up quite well:
Domain privacy is a service offered by a number of domain name registrars. A user buys privacy from the company, who in turn replaces the user’s info in the WHOIS with the info of a forwarding service (for email and sometimes postal mail, done by a Proxy server) such as “Domains by Proxy, Inc.” or eNom’s “Whois Privacy Protection Service”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy