# WHOIS Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois-question/298001>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois-question/298001 "2009-10-12T07:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![bitterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@bitterman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bitterman)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whois-question/298001/1 "2009-10-12T07:09:22Z")

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Hi everyone. Sorry if this is a noob question, I’ve looked around a bit but just wanted to ask a question because I’m not too sure.

The WHOIS look up. Once you buy a domain, does your personal details become available to everyone? Because I’m pretty sure I have seen my own information that I wouldn’t want posted on the internet through the lookup by checking my domain name. Is there a reason why this is, and also, isn’t it unsafe?

Thanks, and please correct me if I’m wrong, which I’m sure is very possible.

- B