No it’s not. If it’s a private website you just have to provide a contact information, like an E-Mail address.
If it’s a company website it’s totally reasonable you get the full information set:
- company name
- address
- tax number
- name of the general manager
- contact information
- district court
- registration number of the commercial register
Plus if it‘s a business thing and you don‘t want to get doxxed for whatever reason you can still hire a company to cover imprint for you with their address. They will forward requests to you. That‘ll cost you less than a hand full of Euros a month. At least that‘s how it was explained to me by someone who did it this way.
It is extremely cheap, I believe <10€ a month for a legal address. That’s next to nothing for any serious business
What legal address ??
Apparently it applies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but only for commercial websites.
Well kind of, i know most sites need to have an Impressum (name and contact info of the person legally responsible for its contents). I am not entirely sure how it is handled for private, non commercial sites, but in general yes you have to provide a way to get a hold of you for legal issues. And an email wont do.
What legal issues ? Aren’t you supposed to get an address/number the moment a website is getting created ? Why such funny laws in such developed countries ?? If there are issues, the government is going to catch you anyways. There are cybercells for the purpose. But why take away your freedom right at the outset ?? Moreover, a website is not exactly a company per se, that it should come under corporate laws !!
