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The FAQ (https://posteo.de/en/site/faq https://posteo.de/en/site/faq) says the do it because a domain has personay identifying information in WHOIS and they wou
by bennofs 8y ago
The FAQ (https://posteo.de/en/site/faq https://posteo.de/en/site/faq) says the do it because a domain has personay identifying information in WHOIS and they would need to store it.
I think for .de domains, you are required to have your personal address in WHOIS if you are not a company.
- Tomte 8y agoThat's a new claim, and it's also obvious bullshit. First, I may be okay with it. And why would Posteo store WHOIS data? Unless they want to be a domain reseller, which is not what I asked them about. Second, there are other TLDs. I still insist that they do it because of lock-in and that they lie about it.
- bennofs 8y agoThey wouldn't store whois data of course, but the domain needs to be stored at it can then be used to look it up. I think mailbox.org supports custom domains and is similar in other respects.
- Tomte 8y agoThat's a stupid excuse. They should stop storing the mails themselves, they are full of private information. /s
- pygy_ 8y agoAFAIK the GDPR explicitly mandates registrar to hide personal information.
- tehabe 8y agoYes. Since May 25, the whois for .de is limited to technical information like DNS server or DNS key.