As a web developer and an owner of a website, I find this a little troubling, someone can know my identity just by getting the WHOIS information of my website. Well, I still prefer preserving my identity as a person and not exposing it in the world wide web. But the thing is this is under the law,  according to eHow.com, All domain registrars and Web hosts offering domain registration services must sign with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) an agreement to make available to the public the name and contact information of the domain owner.

So basically this means that if you own a nasty website or is planning to create a nasty website you better think again because you can still be traced.

I recently tried using www.uwhois.com to see if my identities can be found through the domain name of my website and to my surprise uwhois.com was able to show my infos. Although I find it troubling, I also find it helpful at the same time. With www.uwhois.com now I can know the person who owns the domain names that interests me. I could either send them email and ask if they are selling their website or remind them how silly their blog sites are.

There are ways in which you can hide or protect your privacy. Next time when you apply for a domain name make sue to read all the terms and conditions if you are open and comfortable with the ICANN agreement. The ICANN agreement for me is actually beneficial for it will provide restrictions in domain name registrations.

Next blog, How to hide your domain name identity. i havent tried it but I am excited to test it.