WHOIS requests
This page describes the mechanism and process for submitting a disclosure request to Cloudflare for WHOIS data under Section 10 of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number's ("ICANN") Registration Data Policy ↗.
Please read the following instructions carefully.
Your request must include the following elements:
- Your name
- The requestor's name, mailing address, and email
- Whether you are making this request on behalf of yourself as an individual or on behalf of another person or entity. If the latter, identify whether the requestor is an individual, corporation, or government
- Any power of Attorney statements or similar statements evidencing authorization to act on the requestor's behalf, where applicable and relevant
- A list of data element values requested by the requestor
- Information about the legal rights of the requestor and specific rationale and basis for the request
- An affirmation that the request is being made in good faith
- An affirmation by the requestor to process lawfully any data element values received in response to the request
Email your request to whoisrequest@cloudflare.com. The subject line of your email must include “WHOIS Disclosure Request,” the requestor's name, and the target URL. For example, if the requestor was Acme Corp. seeking information about example.com, your email subject line would be: "WHOIS Disclosure Request - Acme Corp. - example.com."
Cloudflare processes WHOIS disclosure requests in the order they are received. If you have properly formatted and submitted your request according to Steps 1 and 2, Cloudflare typically will send you an acknowledgment of your request within two (2) business days and a substantive response within thirty (30) business days. Cloudflare will send all communications regarding your request to the email address from which you send your request. Cloudflare reserves the right to deny abusive, repetitive, or incomplete requests.