[petschge]

Not any website. If it is purely private and non-commercial you don't have to.

Also, it doesn't have to be "all your personal information". Your Name is required and an address where you could be served with court papers. A P.O. box is not required, but the address where your company is located is fine. It doesn't have to be your private home address. An email address is required, but that again doesn't have to be your private one. It just has to work. A few other things are required, e.g. where your LLC is registered if it is an LLC.

[tinus_hn]

Which coincidentally is the same kind of information you have to provide for public perusal if you register a company.

[johndough]

> If it is purely private and non-commercial you don't have to.

Unfortunately, this does not include a lot of websites that most people would classify as private. For example, a blog still needs an Impressum.

In addition, you will even be classified as commercial, and therefore require an Impressum, if you don't make any money, for example if you use ads to (try to) pay the hosting cost.

> A P.O. box is not required

In fact, you'll have to pay a fine of usually 5000€ if you use a P.O. box without a summonable address.

[petschge]

A blog is not automatically non-private and commercial.

If you have ads you make money. Just possibly less then you spent on hosting.

And yes that should have read "A P.O. is not sufficent.". Sorry for that mistake.

[hvhsb]

Your name is more than enough to track you down if you live in a town. A PO box won't help you.