The SIDN has changed the WHOIS details of the .NL domains as from today. The following Article was published by the SIDN:
In line with our announcement of 28 November 2009, SIDN’s Whois service has been modified with effect from this morning. Less information is now available about each .nl registrant. The changes are designed to protect registrants’ privacy, as requested by the local internet community during the 2008 Domain Name Debate.
SIDN’s Whois service is a website application that members of the public can use to look up information about .nl domain names. You can check, for example, whether a given domain name is available for registration. It is also possible to find contact details for the registrants of names that have already been registered. If the registrant is a private individual – a ‘natural person’, not an organisation – his or her contact details constitute personal information. During the 2008 Domain Name Debate, the internet community’s interest in having access to registrants’ contact details was weighed up against the individual’s interest in keeping personal information private. The outcome of the debate was a decision that less information about each registrant should be available to the general public. The background to this decision and the changes that have been made are described here.
SIDN’s Dispute Resolution Regulations for .nl Domain Names have been revised in line with the changes to the Whois service. Under the revised regulations, a complainant is no longer required to send a copy of the complaint to the registrant. The revised regulations and model complaint are available here.
