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Data validation issue registering a .co.uk domain

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Hi, I registered a .co.uk domain and it all went through successfully, but when I do a whois on it, in a section called Data Validation I see this message:

Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 01-Jan-2026
Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 01-Jan-2026


I registered as a non-uk user. Do I need to do anything due to this validation message? Does Cloudflare need to do anything? or can I assume registration all complete and everything happy?

Has anyone else registered a .co.uk? do you get the same?

I found this info: https://registrars.nominet.uk/uk-namespace/data-quality-policy/data-validation-on-the-whois/
Registrar Resources
Data validation on the WHOIS – Registrar Resources
The .UK WHOIS no longer displays the registrant’s name or address, unless they have given permission to do so – all other data shown in the current .UK WHOIS will remain the same. See β€˜GDPR Changes’ The data validation status of the registrant is published on the WHOIS. Where existing data requires validation we will...
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