---
id: "tiered-access"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "tiered access"
language: "en"
category: "Registration data and privacy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/tiered-access/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/acceso-niveles/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/abgestufter-zugang/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/acces-plusieurs-niveaux/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/accesso-piu-livelli/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/acesso-niveis/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/mnogourovnevyy-dostup/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/fenji-fangwen/"
---

# tiered access

A model in which basic registration data is public, while personal details are shown only to requestors who explain who they are and why they need them. It replaced fully open WHOIS for gTLDs in 2018. Who gets access, and how, is the core of the registration data debate.

## related terms

- [redaction](https://tldlog.com/glossary/redaction/)
- [disclosure request](https://tldlog.com/glossary/disclosure-request/)
- [Temporary Specification](https://tldlog.com/glossary/temporary-specification/)
- [RDRS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rdrs/)
- [SSAD](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ssad/)