Facts about DENIC's Domain Query
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What information does the domain query provide?
The domain query immediately shows you:
- Domain status (registered or available)
- Technical data (e.g. name servers, DNS keys)
- Contact information:
- General Request – for general/technical enquiries
- Abuse – for reports of abusive or illegal use
For domain holders
As a domain holder, you can use the domain query to view your data stored at DENIC, including your address and e-mail address.
- To do so, please use the Domain Query function, select Information about the domain holder, and enter your postcode or e-mail address.
- You will then receive an e-mail with a link to the e-mail address you have registered. This link will allow you to view your data for a limited period of time.
For third parties
Holder data is not publicly visible to third parties. Information is only disclosed in certain cases:
- To authorities within the scope of their legal duties (e.g. law enforcement)
- To third parties with a legitimate interest, e.g.:
- Rights holders in cases of name/ trademark infringements
- Creditors with an enforceable title
- Insolvency administrators
Appropriate forms are available here.
Data protection and background information
The DENIC domain query complies with the requirements of the GDPR, which regulates the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data in accordance with the principle of data minimisation:
- Contact details (General Request, Abuse) are not personalised and must be maintained by the provider.
Retrieving information via RDAP / whois
You can also retrieve information about a .de domain via RDAP and whois.denic.de (port 43).
The following information is displayed:
- Domain status
- technical data, and
- the date of the last change.
Example of retrieving a domain via whois.denic.de:
whois -h whois.denic.de -T dn <domain.de>