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By default, the companies used to register domain names (registrars) are obligated to publish the contact information of domain name owners in this database which is public and free to access</blockquote>The [https://www.infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy privacy policy] contains similar statements:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish domain owner information in the Whois database of the domain name registry. Everyone can see that you are the owner of a domain name. However, thanks to Domain Privacy, Infomaniak offers the possibility of preserving the confidentiality of these data when the domain registry authorises it.</blockquote>These statements are true for some registrars, bot not in general. For instance, private details about Swiss .ch domains are not disclosed anymore since January 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goll |first=Thomas |date=2020-12-18 |title=Whois Abfrage: Mehr Schutz für .ch Domains |url=https://www.hosttech.ch/blog/domains/whois-ch-domains/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Hosttech blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Information service |url=https://www.nic.ch/whois/domaininfo/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Switch}}</ref>. A partial list of domains and corresponding privacy can be found on the [[wikipedia:Domain_privacy|Wikipedia domain privacy page]].

This issue is highlighted in a Reddit post on the Infomaniak channel, which also reports that once domain privacy has been enabled for a domain, trying to disable it shows a warning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reddit user ~~Desairem~~ |date=2025-05-02 |title=Infomaniak makes false statements about domain privacy |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/comments/1kd2mki/infomaniak_makes_false_statements_about_domain/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Reddit}}</ref>:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish the contact details of the person responsible for a domain in the public WHOIS directory</blockquote>According to the same post, the Infomaniak support was informed in September 2024 about these concerns. Infomaniak did not comment the post itself.

This issue is highlighted in a Reddit post on the Infomaniak channel, which also reports that once domain privacy has been enabled for a domain, trying to disable it shows a warning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desairem |first=Reddit user |date=2025-05-02 |title=Infomaniak makes false statements about domain privacy |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/comments/1kd2mki/infomaniak_makes_false_statements_about_domain/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Reddit}}</ref>:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish the contact details of the person responsible for a domain in the public WHOIS directory</blockquote>According to the same post, the Infomaniak support was informed in September 2024 about these concerns. Infomaniak did not comment the post itself.

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 By default, the companies used to register domain names (registrars) are obligated to publish the contact information of domain name owners in this database which is public and free to access</blockquote>The [https://www.infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy privacy policy] contains similar statements:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish domain owner information in the Whois database of the domain name registry. Everyone can see that you are the owner of a domain name. However, thanks to Domain Privacy, Infomaniak offers the possibility of preserving the confidentiality of these data when the domain registry authorises it.</blockquote>These statements are true for some registrars, bot not in general. For instance, private details about Swiss .ch domains are not disclosed anymore since January 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goll |first=Thomas |date=2020-12-18 |title=Whois Abfrage: Mehr Schutz für .ch Domains |url=https://www.hosttech.ch/blog/domains/whois-ch-domains/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Hosttech blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Information service |url=https://www.nic.ch/whois/domaininfo/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Switch}}</ref>. A partial list of domains and corresponding privacy can be found on the [[wikipedia:Domain_privacy|Wikipedia domain privacy page]].
-This issue is highlighted in a Reddit post on the Infomaniak channel, which also reports that once domain privacy has been enabled for a domain, trying to disable it shows a warning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reddit user Desairem |date=2025-05-02 |title=Infomaniak makes false statements about domain privacy |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/comments/1kd2mki/infomaniak_makes_false_statements_about_domain/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Reddit}}</ref>:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish the contact details of the person responsible for a domain in the public WHOIS directory</blockquote>According to the same post, the Infomaniak support was informed in September 2024 about these concerns. Infomaniak did not comment the post itself.
+This issue is highlighted in a Reddit post on the Infomaniak channel, which also reports that once domain privacy has been enabled for a domain, trying to disable it shows a warning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desairem |first=Reddit user |date=2025-05-02 |title=Infomaniak makes false statements about domain privacy |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Infomaniak/comments/1kd2mki/infomaniak_makes_false_statements_about_domain/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Reddit}}</ref>:<blockquote>ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish the contact details of the person responsible for a domain in the public WHOIS directory</blockquote>According to the same post, the Infomaniak support was informed in September 2024 about these concerns. Infomaniak did not comment the post itself.
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