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The European Union is drafting legislation that could soon end individuals registering domains anonymously on the continent.
When an Internet domain is registered, a registrar will collect information such as the purchaser's name, address, email, and phone number. However, this information is not verified to be accurate and could contain false information.
The EU's new directive will add new provisions regarding how domain registrars collect information from registrants and who will have access to said information.
More specifically, registrants of new domains will be required to provide a valid telephone number belonging to them, while their full name, email, and physical address will have to be verified too.
At this time, registrants are only required to provide a name and address, but no verification bodies check these to approve or disprove the new domain ownership.
"In order to ensure the availability of accurate, verified and complete domain name registration data, TLD registries and entities providing domain name registration services should be required to collect domain name registration data. They should aim to ensure the integrity and availability of such data by implementing technical and organisational measures, such as a confirmation process for registrants," reads an amendment in a draft of the new EU legislation.
"In particular, TLD registries and entities providing domain name registration services should establish policies and procedures for the collection and maintenance of accurate, verified and complete registration data, as well as for the prevention and correction of inaccurate registration data."
EU legislation introduced to ban anonymous domain registration
The European Union is drafting legislation that could soon end individuals registering domains anonymously on the continent.
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