It's really quite simple. So ICANN has received guidance from the Article 29 Working Party in Europe about ICANN's proposed Whois model to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I'd summarize it as: nice try, but we are your ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Afilias hits pause button on Whois plans
· Policy & LawCompany backtracks on plans to redact Whois...for now. Two days after informing registrars that it planned to redact almost all information from Whois records to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Afilias has put its plans ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GDPR will make domain name transfers more difficult
· Policy & LawLack of contact details in public Whois could thwart inter-registrar domain transfers. A few Domain Name Wire readers have asked how domain name transfers will work if domain registrars and registries eliminate contact details from Whois in response to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Whois GDPR carnage continues: Afilias to ditch almost all data in Whois on millions of domains
· Policy & LawAfilias will stop showing contact info and ownership data on millions of domains including .info, .mobi and more. Please see update Much of the focus of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it relates to Whois has been on registrars. But ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Whois and GDPR with Tim Chen – DNW Podcast #179
· PodcastsWhat happens if Whois, which is often used to hunt down bad guys, goes dark? Security companies and brands rely on Whois records in order to quickly identify and mitigate all sorts of bad behavior: phishing, counterfeiting, fraud, spam, DDoS and more. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Could GDPR Boost Domain Sales Landers and Parking Services?
· Domain SalesAlvin Brown considers the impact Whois changes will have on domain sales. Over the last few weeks, a number of industry blogs have shared their insight pertaining to the impact of GDPR, the data protection law set to launch in late May, to the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Domain thoughts: Purple.com, GoDaddy, fast transfer and GDPR
· UncategorizedHere are some things I'm thinking about... I'm amused by some of the reactions to the $900,000 sale of Purple.com. A lot of people are saying that the seller should have held out for more. I suspect that, for most commenters, $900,000 would have a ... Continue Reading25 Comments
Austria’s TLD takes more nuanced approach to GDPR and Whois
· Policy & LawccTLD will treat personal and corporate data differently. A common interpretation of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is that it applies to individuals who live in Europe but not businesses there. Still, most models I've seen for Whois ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain investors risk being left out of Whois discussion
· Policy & LawBuying and selling domain names might be much harder this year. Major changes are coming to Whois and domain name investors might end up holding the short end of the stick. The impetus for change came not from the community, but from the European ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Redl groups “Right to be Forgotten” with other censorship, calls it “regrettable”
· Policy & LawGovernments should not try to apply local laws to the borderless internet, Redl says. David Redl, the head of the U.S. government's NTIA, has criticized countries that are trying to apply local laws to the control internet. In comments made to the ... Continue Reading2 Comments