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Registration and DNS

# GDPR redaction

The hiding of personal details, such as a registrant's name, email and phone, from public domain registration records. Registries and registrars began doing this in 2018 to follow European privacy law.

## Why it matters

After 2018, most public lookups stopped showing owner contact details. The registrar still holds the real data, and it can be released to parties with a legitimate need under set procedures. For buyers, this made it harder to find who owns a name. Many now use a broker or the contact form on a lander instead. For sellers, redaction means a buyer cannot verify you from public data, so you may need other proof of control. A common mistake is thinking redaction means nothing is recorded. The data exists. It is just not public.

Source: [icann.org](https://www.icann.org/dataprotectionprivacy)

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