John L ha scritto:
That agrees with my understanding.
With that in mind, why is anyone in favor of OPOC for the majority of WHOIS data that is not for natural persons? What basis is there for restricting access to info about businesses and organizations?
Legally, at least in the EU, there is none; actually, there often are laws that force the disclosure of information about entities doing business, offline or online (for example, in Italy there is a law that requires websites of businesses to state their VAT number on the home page; it is somewhat weird and bureaucratical, but in theory it allows you to check whether they are who they say they are, and also fiscal authorities to visit ecommerce websites and understand whether they actually pay due taxes). Personally, I think that I would not do business online with a company - or even an individual - that does not state publicly who they are. -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------