Each active domain is registered on the name of an individual and during the registration procedure many details are presented - the owner’s names, address, e-mail, contact number, and so on. These details along with the registrar company name and the registration/expiration dates is called WHOIS of the domain name and in agreement with the policies of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) it ought to be current and accurate. If an Internet domain has wrong WHOIS details, it may be reported and if the details aren't fixed, the Internet domain could be erased or the registrar company could take over its ownership. By default, the WHOIS information is public and can be seen on many lookup websites, or for a limited number of country-code extensions - on the sites of the respective Registry companies. All companies that provide registration services are obligated to provide a simple way for their customers to access and edit the WHOIS details of any domain they own as much as the specific TLD allows it.