NIC Chile, including names, emails, and other data of legal entities, will be handed over to requesting third parties

In August of this year, the Santiago court rejected, with a dissenting vote, a claim of illegality presented by the University of Chile, against the Council for Transparency, regarding the delivery of information corresponding to legal and natural persons registered in NIC Chile.

The University of Chile, against the Council for Transparency, in relation to the delivery of information corresponding to legal and natural persons registered in NIC Chile.

With this decision, the University of Chile must "arrange for the delivery of the register with the names of the domains, date of creation, expiration, and other data referring to legal entities, in their capacity as domain holders - indicating their name and contact email address."

Regarding the use of this data by third parties, the Council for Transparency determined at the time that a potential harm was not accredited and especially considered that the records of the last 30 days are already available on the NIC Chile website.

This means that the requester will have access to the equivalent of a database of all companies that have registered their domain with NIC Chile.

As the dissenting vote of the Court of Appeals rightly points out, this decision is concerning because: The fact that NIC Chile allows "to search in a singular and specific way for a domain name, bears no relation or proportion whatsoever to the massive delivery of information ordered by the questioned decision."

• It allows the execution of massive campaigns.
• It allows speculation with brands by registering their expiration.

It should be noted that the delivery of this information does not imply an authorization for it to be used in a way that is harmful to the people registered in it.