10-01-2006, 01:01 PM
There are negative effects to public whois data:
Besides spam, there is always the possibility of identity theft. Leaving your full name, phone number and address open to the public can cause problems down the road if that information gets into the wrong hands.
You should note that this is a minimal risk, and the probability of such a thing happening is very low (especially to you in particular, since there are millions of whois records in the database).
You can always do what was suggested above and get a privacy service..
But remember that there are also positive effects:
If you are selling your domain, and dont have contact info on the website that it points to, whois makes it easy for potential buyers to contact you.
Besides spam, there is always the possibility of identity theft. Leaving your full name, phone number and address open to the public can cause problems down the road if that information gets into the wrong hands.
You should note that this is a minimal risk, and the probability of such a thing happening is very low (especially to you in particular, since there are millions of whois records in the database).
You can always do what was suggested above and get a privacy service..
But remember that there are also positive effects:
If you are selling your domain, and dont have contact info on the website that it points to, whois makes it easy for potential buyers to contact you.