Adaptation of the regulations concerning the publication of registration data in .ch domain
The revision of the Ordinance on Internet Domains (OID), which entered into force on 1 January 2021, contains important changes to the rules on the publication of registration data for the .ch domain in order to protect privacy. Personal information concerning the holders of .ch domain names, such as name and postal address, is no longer be published via the RDDS (formerly WHOIS) service provided by the registry SWITCH. Such information is only be accessible to persons who can reasonably be expected to have an overriding legitimate interest.