Has any companies going after cybersquatter with id protection?

[flybuzz]

Has anyone heard any company going after cybersquatters with ID protection? Has anyone heard registrar been forced to reveal the credit card/ID information? Are there links to such cases?

 

[Theo]

ID protection is not meant to hide one's identity. It's purely for privacy & anti-spam purposes. A registrar can be subpoenaed to lift the ID protection when presented with lawful reasons to do so. Some registrars are more eager to comply, such as GoDaddy. Others require court orders instead of a C&D letter. By the way, none would reveal CC info.

 

[Dave Zan]

http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?se=+&pageid=DOMAIN_NAMEPROXY

You further understand and agree that if DBP is named as a defendant in, or investigated in anticipation of, any legal or administrative proceeding arising out of Your domain name registration or Your use of DBP's services, Your private domain name registration will automatically revert back to You and Your identity will therefore be revealed in the Whois directory as Registrant.

http://www.enom.com/terms/idprotect_agreement.asp

You understand and agree that Backend Service Provider has the absolute right and power, in its sole discretion and without any liability to You whatsoever, to suspend the IDP Services, close Your Account, terminate provisionment of the IDP Services, list the information You provided in section 2 in the Whois output or provide the information You provided in section 2 to a claimant, resolve any and all third party claims, whether threatened or made, arising out of Your use of IDP Domain, or take any other action which Backend Service Provider deems necessary.

http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/static-service-agreement.jsp#prv_reg

You acknowledge and agree that Network Solutions has the absolute right and power, as it deems necessary in its sole discretion, without providing notice and without any liability to you whatsoever, to (a) reveal to third parties the contact information provided by you to Network Solutions in connection with the account for the applicable domain name, (b) populate the public WHOIS database with the registrant's name, primary postal address, e-mail address and/or telephone number as provided by you to Network Solutions, or (c) terminate your subscription to our Private Registration Service:

(i) if any third party claims that the domain name violates or infringes a third party's trademark, trade name or other legal rights, whether or not such claim is valid;

(ii) to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, ICANN policies or requirements, subpoenas, court orders, requests of law enforcement or government agencies; or

(iii) if any third party threatens legal action against Network Solutions that is related in any way, directly or indirectly, to the domain name, or claims that you are using the domain name registration in a manner that violates any law, rule or regulation, or is otherwise illegal or violative of a third party's legal rights.

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3628046

Microsoft is suing another 217 John Does that used privacy protection services to cloak their identities. As part of the lawsuit, Microsoft said it would subpoena multiple domain name registrars that the software maker said infringed on its intellectual property.

Scammers hardly need privacy services since they put fake info anyway.

 

[risingsuns]

Very helpful stuff, Dave Zan... Thanks.