What does good registrant data look like?
The .UK WHOIS no longer displays the registrant’s name or address, unless they have given permission to do so – all other data shown in the current .UK WHOIS will remain the same. See ‘GDPR Changes’
Register entry
A correctly completed domain name register entry will look like this:
[Registrant’s Name] [Registrant's company, charity or organisation number] [Street Address] [Town/City] [Postcode] [2-letter Country code]
Registrant name
Examples of good registrant names are given below:
Mr John Smith
John Smith Ltd
John Smith Plc
John Smith LLP
Trading names
If a registrant uses a trading name then the trad-name register command should be used.
The two name fields are then presented together like this in the WHOIS output:
Registrant: Mr John Smith Trading as: John Smith & Son
| Command | Description | Example | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Org-name | Registrant name | Mr John Smith | Required |
| Trad-name | Registrant’s trading name if they use one | John Smith & Sons | Optional |
Registrant address
An example of a good address is given below:
Minerva House
11 Edmund Halley Road
Oxford
Oxon
OX4 4DQ
GB
| Address line | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva House | Building or house name | Optional |
| 11 Edmund Halley Road | Building or house number & street name | Required |
| Oxford | Town or City | Required |
| Oxon | County | Optional |
| OX4 4DQ | Postcode | Required |
| GB | 2-letter country code | Required |
Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, OX4 4DQ, United Kingdom