{"id":3390,"date":"2016-09-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/?post_type=announcement&p=3390"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:19:35","slug":"dreamhost-domain-privacy-update","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/announcements\/dreamhost-domain-privacy-update\/","title":{"rendered":"DreamHost Domain Privacy Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For over a decade we\u2019ve provided private domain registration<\/a> as an option when you register certain types of top level domains with DreamHost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s 2016 now and the internet is full of more sketchy weirdos than ever! Having an open registration system where anyone can see your home address seems like a colossally bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any threat to the ability to anonymize domain registrations<\/a>\u2018 contact data is rightfully met with universal criticism<\/a> and worldwide derision<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013 ICANN<\/a> made major revisions to the RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) that governs registrars\u2019 responsibilities. These changes were so major that we went from hearing from ICANN maybe 2 or 3 times a year to\u2014after 2013\u2014several times per week<\/em>. These contacts almost always involve domain registration disputes or other issues on which we\u2019re required to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong> What Is Domain Privacy Protection?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registrars like DreamHost are obligated to resolve these issues to ICANN\u2019s satisfaction or we risk losing our ability to register domains altogether!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That brings us to today. 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Privacy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ICANN has recently informed us that, in their view, we\u2019re running a domain registration \u201cProxy\u201d service, not a \u201cPrivacy\u201d service. They make the distinction thusly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n