Security News > 2020 > March > Facebook Sues Namecheap Over Fraudulent Domains
Facebook announced on Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against domain registrar Namecheap and its Whoisguard privacy protection service over its refusal to provide information on a series of domains that impersonated the social media company and its services.
Facebook says it regularly looks for domain names and apps that infringe its trademarks and it has come across 45 domains that impersonated Facebook and its services, and which leveraged Whoisguard to disguise the registrant's information.
The social media giant has decided to take legal action against Namecheap and Whoisguard to obtain information on the deceptive domains.
The registrar says Facebook filed a lawsuit due to its refusal to provide a domain registrant's private information without a court order.
"We actively remove any evidence-based abuse of our services on a daily basis. Where there is no clear evidence of abuse, or when it is purely a trademark claim, Namecheap will direct complainants, such as Facebook, to follow industry-standard protocol. Outside of said protocol, a legal court order is always required to provide private user information," said Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall.