New general terms and conditions will enter into force for .be domain names as of 25 May 2018. In the new version, we have replaced Article 7, which deals with the processing of the contact data of the registrant and how we protect them.
2017 saw a total of 1,589,715 registered .be domain names, with a net growth of 2.27%. After declining several years, net growth is slightly on the rise again, which is thanks to the huge number of .be domain names that is renewed each year.
DNS Belgium conducted a survey in recent months on the use of the WHOIS tool on our website that you can use to look up registrants. We also asked our visitors why they consulted such data. The reason for the survey is the GDPR, of course.
A market study commissioned by DNS Belgium at the end of last year and executed by InSites Consulting shows that for the average Belgian, confidence in a website is based primarily on the presence of https (45%). Indications that it is an official site (40%) and the do
