| Domain registration is required to maintain a database | | | | What happens is, that domain-registering companies |
| of website names and their corresponding IP | | | | register the domain in their names, instead of the |
| addresses, including the information of the person | | | | users. The users enter into an agreement with the |
| who owns the website. It also prevents websites | | | | Registrar, which states the terms of use, and the |
| having the same name. Websites which are linked to | | | | conditions under which the user?s information can be |
| the ICANN?s (Internet Corporation for Assigned | | | | made public. It includes sending Spam or any illegal |
| Names and Numbers) Domain Name Server (DNS) | | | | activity. Users can sell the domain or modify the |
| database, can easily provide information as to who | | | | contents of the websites, as per their wish. |
| owns which website. This is especially helpful in cases | | | | However, the official owner of the website is the |
| where copyright laws have been violated, or illegal | | | | Registering company. Users obviously will have to |
| pornography has been posted and a lawsuit needs to | | | | follow the ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. |
| be instigated. | | | | Anonymous registration also avoids poaching of |
| People who do not wish their personal information, | | | | customers by competing registrars, who can check |
| such as last name, residential address, or phone | | | | the WHOIS database and attempt to lure customers |
| number to be seen, by all the people accessing the | | | | with better offers. |
| Internet desire anonymous domain registration. It also | | | | Users are advised to read the agreement clauses |
| prevents Spam from being directed to individual?s | | | | very carefully. There have been a report of people?s |
| email addresses. Many companies are offering Domain | | | | information having been made public, by the |
| Registration these days, but the user might end up | | | | registering company in case of complains, that were |
| paying $5 to $10 more than they normally would | | | | not properly investigated. |
| have. | | | | |