Domain Registries require a set of validated data from domain registrants; that data is collected by Registrars to form a domain’s information, displayed in the WHOIS and Registration Data Directory Services (RDDS.)
More registries will be requiring less data these days, what with privacy concerns and a set of rules such as the GDPR.
GoDaddy announced that from August 21, 2025 they will be dropping a set of domain data from its public WHOIS database and will no longer be collecting or displaying it.
That data includes:
- Technical contact data
- Administrative contact data
- Billing contact data
- Organization info data
GoDaddy specifically noted that there will be no requirement for the domain registrant to provide a fax number, a relic from the early days of the internet. All fax number data will be deleted—not that there is a chance for these numbers to be up to date, or even live.
The late‑1970s ITU Group 3 digital standard opened the door for inexpensive Japanese fax machines to dominate global markets in the 1980s.
With the rise of e‑mail, scanners, and secure digital signatures, fax traffic plummeted in the 2000’s; the technology persists in niches such as healthcare and select legal workflows.
It’s the end of the fax era in the domain industry as we know it!
Story kudos: @Cozydomainer
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