| ICANN requires ALL data (name, address, phone, email) for admin and technical contact while only requiring name and address for registrant. We require ALL data for ALL contacts. Willful provision of false or misleading data is grounds for cancellation.
Real contact information is required by ICANN in order to generate accountability for what is placed on a domain by any entity registering a domain name.
There are many reasons for maintaining correct whois data, such as, to protect intellectual property rights, renew and manage domains, prevent abuse (spam) and malicious/illegal conduct (harrassment, child porn, lible, etc.)
The bottom line is that when we get a complaint we are contractually required to investigate and take "reasonable" steps to ensure data is either legit, or if not, then it is corrected...especially when complaint comes from ICANN. |
