Comments on: Yahoo! Private Domain Debacle Part II: Can’t Keep a Secret http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/ The Common Data Project Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:08:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: I Am Completely Serious » Why Yahoo Private Domain Registration Is Not Private http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-9167 I Am Completely Serious » Why Yahoo Private Domain Registration Is Not Private Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-9167 [...] right to let the domain expire if you decide you don’t want it anymore. However, according to this user of the service, Yahoo will, again, allow all your private information to get into the WHOIS database upon the [...] […] right to let the domain expire if you decide you don’t want it anymore. However, according to this user of the service, Yahoo will, again, allow all your private information to get into the WHOIS database upon the […]

]]> By: NewGuy http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7790 NewGuy Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:05:55 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7790 The below is my post today to Alex's first rant, posted here to reach more people: I just read all this brew-ha-ha today, back into 2007, and later I will scurry over and see if I have any of the same problems. Likely I will. What I want to know from y’all, and especially Alex Selkirk (much raucous applause for your good work getting your letter all over the web!) is this: Has anyone begun trying to bust Yahoo! legally for this, and how is it going? This is sounds like huge fraud to me. *Someone* should take this on. The below is my post today to Alex’s first rant, posted here to reach more people:

I just read all this brew-ha-ha today, back into 2007, and later I will scurry over and see if I have any of the same problems. Likely I will.
What I want to know from y’all, and especially Alex Selkirk (much raucous applause for your good work getting your letter all over the web!) is this:

Has anyone begun trying to bust Yahoo! legally for this, and how is it going? This is sounds like huge fraud to me. *Someone* should take this on.

]]> By: TigerKen http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7200 TigerKen Thu, 08 May 2008 21:35:30 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7200 Well, that's "unfortunate" to put it lightly! :( Well, that’s “unfortunate” to put it lightly! :(

]]> By: Alex Selkirk http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7193 Alex Selkirk Thu, 08 May 2008 19:41:14 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7193 Thanks for your comment Ken! However, yes, unfortunately, a public WHOIS query on the domain does show the "private" information. Thanks for your comment Ken! However, yes, unfortunately, a public WHOIS query on the domain does show the “private” information.

]]> By: TigerKen http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7192 TigerKen Thu, 08 May 2008 19:18:16 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2008/02/26/yahoo-private-domain-debacle-part-ii-cant-keep-a-secret/#comment-7192 Actually, this *may* be OK. Each registrar is required to notify you annually to remind you of the personal information that you have associated with your domain name, so that you can correct any problems. I work for a web hosting company, and we send these notices out to people. However, if the user has our WHOIS domain privacy feature enabled, then we still present the generic contact information for any WHOIS queries. We try to make it clear in our annual notifications to users that even though we still have their personal info on file, that's only for our internal use, and any public WHOIS queries will still be protected by our domain privacy feature. Does Melbourne IT show your public information if you do a WHOIS lookup on your domain name? Actually, this *may* be OK. Each registrar is required to notify you annually to remind you of the personal information that you have associated with your domain name, so that you can correct any problems.

I work for a web hosting company, and we send these notices out to people. However, if the user has our WHOIS domain privacy feature enabled, then we still present the generic contact information for any WHOIS queries. We try to make it clear in our annual notifications to users that even though we still have their personal info on file, that’s only for our internal use, and any public WHOIS queries will still be protected by our domain privacy feature.

Does Melbourne IT show your public information if you do a WHOIS lookup on your domain name?

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