| Registering domain names privately requires | | | | in WHOIS with information from a forwarding service. |
| consumers to purchase privacy from a domain name | | | | When registering domain names privately, user's |
| registering company. When a consumer or company | | | | should search the Internet for a trusted domain |
| purchases a domain name to establish a Web site, | | | | name registrar. Prices range from about $5.00 per |
| they are required to provided personal information | | | | year to $50.00 a year. Note the details and the |
| such as their name, E-mail address and physical | | | | services offered by the registration company. Many |
| address. This information becomes public information | | | | companies allow users to register variations of the |
| as a part of a directory called the WHOIS. | | | | same domain name that directs traffic back to the |
| When this information is released, it is available to | | | | user's Web site. |
| everyone via the World Wide Web. Consequently, | | | | Finally, consider the amount of information you have |
| this policy allows identity thieves, spammers, direct | | | | to give the company when registering domain names |
| marketers, and others, even those with malicious | | | | privately, if you are required to provide more |
| intent, to access personal information, and take | | | | personal information than an email address, the |
| advantage of this information by inundating E-mail | | | | company may not truly provide private domain name |
| boxes with spam such as solicitations, viral threats, | | | | registration. Also when registering domain names |
| and in some cases information phishing in an effort to | | | | privately, the customer should look for clues in the |
| steal someone else's identity. | | | | payment methods offered by the company. |
| Registering domain names privately helps to protect | | | | Companies offering anonymous payment options |
| privacy and reduce spam. It is a simple process that | | | | provide better security as they do not have access |
| requires the purchaser of the domain name to buy | | | | to any of your personal information except your mail |
| privacy from the company registering the domain | | | | address. As a result customers can feel secure |
| name. The company then replaces the customer's | | | | knowing that they truly are registering their domain |
| email, physical address and other personal information | | | | names privately. |