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by bonf 4788 days ago
Feel free to contact us at info@freelancersticker.com - obviously we missed it when we got the site up.

I think we got the WHOIS privacy by default on NameCheap. We're not hiding from anyone - our names and profiles are linked on the bottom of the page. I would, however, advise domain owners to be wary of information registered, as they may find their home address and phone number propagated all across the web, mirrored by tons of whois/rtld sites, never to be removed again.

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"I think we got the WHOIS privacy by default on NameCheap."

Funny how that happens now isn't it? You have to ask yourself why are they so eager to give you that?

"our names and profiles are linked on the bottom of the page"

I was only able to bring up one profile. The rest you have to be connected or logged into linkedin. You have to link in to the linked in public profile. But even then the amount of info is limited unless you pay for the enhanced extra linkedin paid service. Makes much more sense to simply have some info on your site. And certainly not way at the bottom "below" the fold.

"as they may find their home address and phone number propagated all across the web"

That's definitely a valid concern.

My suggestion is simply to use a school address, po box or other contact address. For phone number as mentioned get a google voice number (or another service if you already have google voice.)

While it isn't advised and there are reasons not to do the following I can tell you that if you simply made up an address somewhere that would be fine as well. Nobody is policing that. In theory you could lose your domain but in practice that will never happen.