To comply with the Registration Data Policy published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on August 21, 2025, and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), public WHOIS lookup results from Alibaba Cloud no longer display the name of the domain name registrant or organization. The contact information for the registrant, organization, administrative contact, and technical contact is also not displayed.
Understand WHOIS lookup results
You can use WHOIS to query information about a domain name. For more information, see Find details about a domain name with a WHOIS lookup tool.
Field | Description |
Registrant E-mail | In compliance with the ICANN Registration Data Policy and GDPR, Alibaba Cloud does not display the registrant's personal information in public WHOIS lookup results. |
Sponsoring Registrar | The provider that offers registration services for the domain name, such as Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn). |
Registration Date (UTC) | The date the domain name was registered. |
Expiration Date (UTC) | The date the domain name will expire. To prevent service interruptions or loss of your domain name, renew it before this date. |
Domain Status | A domain name can have multiple statuses simultaneously. States like |
DNS Server | The servers responsible for the domain name's DNS resolution. To modify them, see Modify DNS servers. |