Official statement
Google does not check if WHOIS information is private or public. Some registrars and TLDs have everything private by default, making this data unusable for comparisons or ranking factors.
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TL;DR
Google does not consider whether WHOIS information is private or public in its algorithms. Therefore, this data does not affect website rankings.
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