When you register a domain for your own personal use, you are asked to provide your home address, phone number, and email address. Unless you have a valid yet anonymous identity most of us would choose to use our (truthful) personal information.
This is problematic because the WHOIS database can be scrubbed for such information and used for telemarketing purposes... or worse. Many domain hosting sites allow you to anonymize your information (for a fee) which is my recommended course of action.
When transferring a domain, however, be sure that you turn this off. Otherwise, the transfer authentication emails go to some bogus email address and restarting the process can be more effort than the initial transfer request. I have learned this from experience... I'll keep you posted.
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