Subject: WHOIS

Since GDPR came into force the question of the future or Whois has been asked. In May the ICANN Board adopted 27 of the 29 recommendations from Phase 1 of the Expedited Policy Development Process for gTLD Registration Data (EPDP). What’s next?

Listen to our webinar and find out the highlights of the ICANN64 meeting in Kobe, Japan.

The Consequences of a ‘Dark’ WHOIS

Phase 1 of the EPDP on gTLD Registration Data is now complete

On 4 March 2019 the GNSO Council held a special meeting in order to approve the recommendations of Phase 1 of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) working group.

News and developments in the domain industry

A special working group charged with coming up with changes to the Whois service that bring it in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) published its initial report on 21 November 2018 and opened it up for public comment. The Initial Report responds to the call to answer a set of questions and determine if the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data should become a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-compliant ICANN Consensus Policy as is, or one with modifications.