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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by slrz on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @09:46PM (#17079364)
Choose a registrar that doesn't charge you extra? Your name stays in, of course, but your (electronic and snail) mail addresses and phone number can be replaced by registrar-managed ones where they forward you incoming stuff and (mostly) keep the spam.

It's a pretty common thing with European providers, I think.

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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by coolspot on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @10:22PM (#17079537)
For example namesilo doesn’t charge for privacy protection.
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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by jazoom on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:04AM (#17082023)
Another vote for Namesilo. They seem to be out to create a genuinely good service and not a money grab.
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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by imron on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @11:27PM (#17079813)
Namesilo are fantastic.
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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by JeanMarcS on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:17AM (#17079980)
Another example is OVH with its owo option which obfuscate Whois datas for years.
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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by dx034 on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @06:54AM (#17081379)
OVH is weird, they quite often don't obfuscate all contact data. I switched to namecheap for some and they don't leave any of your original data in there.
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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by zaarn on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:16AM (#17080568)
OWO is sadly not available for some domains I use (notable .de and .eu don't seem to allow OWO).

WHOIS blackout and redesign under GDPR should address the problem of some registries requiring non-obfuscated WHOIS (some even requiring me to put in the ID number of my ID card)

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