Infomaniak
Infomaniak is a Swiss technology company. The offered services include web hosting.
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Type | SA |
| Industry | Internet |
| Official website | https://www.infomaniak.com |
Incidents
False advertizing about domain privacy
The page about the domain privacy feature contains the following statements:
Without Domain Privacy, your data will be visible to everyone
Domain Privacy prevents your identity being stolen and used for commercial or unlawful purposes.
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
The privacy policy contains similar statements:
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.
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[1][2]. A partial list of domains and corresponding privacy can be found on the 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[3]:
ICANN accredited registrars are required to publish the contact details of the person responsible for a domain in the public WHOIS directory
According to the same post, the Infomaniak support was informed in September 2024 about these concerns. Infomaniak did not comment the post itself.
References
- ↑ Goll, Thomas (2020-12-18). "Whois Abfrage: Mehr Schutz für .ch Domains". Hosttech blog. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ "Information service". Switch. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ Desairem, Reddit user (2025-05-02). "Infomaniak makes false statements about domain privacy". Reddit. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
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