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Excerpt: Cybersquatting affects millions of businesses and individuals every year costing unaccountable financial losses and more importantly losses in terms of online reputation. Nearly all the people I speak to have never really thought much about cybersquatting and its consequences as they have never experienced it, but you only have to experience it once to understand what a big problem it really is and the effect it has. The dictionary definition of cybersquatting is: The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date With the current advent and popularity of…

Beware of Cybersquatters – Your Domain is Important Now More than Ever. is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: So what exactly is domain name privacy and why would you need it? Domain name records more commonly known as the “WhoIs” record are stored online in the public domain, which means like land registry details, the details of the registrant is available online for anyone to see and lookup. Of course this means that anyone looking to contact you or find where you are, they simply look up your WhoIs record and take the information. It should be noted that ICANN regulations state that you are not permitted to falsify WhoIs information, so putting false information is not allowed and is…

Protect Your Privacy When You Register Your Domain is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas