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> For example, gandi.net (and thus Amazon) doesn't hide your name when you have it turned on.

Well, yeah, I've been with Gandi for years, that's their published policy: https://www.gandi.net/domain/whois/

> By the time you find this out

You realize you should have done your homework and read your registrar's policies beforehand? I understand your overall point, but don't make it sound like Gandi did anything wrong here, just because you don't like it.

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I would have left this very comment if you hadn't beaten me to it. :)

Gandi is very up-front about every aspect of their services. I found out that Gandi's whois privacy doesn't hide the name you provide as the registrant long before I entered my credit card details to provide payment information.

Their whois privacy is structured in this way because for many (all?) TLDs ICANN requires that the entity listed as the registrant be the actual owner of the registered domain.

I love Gandi because they live by their motto: No Bullshit.

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