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CentralNic announced changes they are planning to make to its registry system in order to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They have published a document (PDF) which describes these changes, …

The Contracted Party House (CPH) Tech-Ops committee made a proposal to ICANN so that we can preserve the ability to transfer domain names between registrars. This is critical to maintaining a positive experience for registrants. …

To comply with the European GDPR Directive, ISNIC will, before May 25th, stop publishing names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal contacts by default  from the ISNIC WHOIS database. Customers (individuals) who wish to continue …

Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO, Akram Atallah, John Jeffrey, Elena Plexida, Theresa Swinehart and Board member Maarten Botterman, met yesterday in Brussels, with the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) Technology Subgroup and representatives of …

Verisign is requesting that ICANN extend all dates in the current implementation plan for the Thick WHOIS Policy by one year, to coincide with the time-frame for concluding any temporary policy and corresponding community work. …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) today announced that it has received a letter from the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) [PDF, 400 KB] that provides guidance on the European Union’s General …

We are less than 2 months away from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and it seems that a few domain name registrars are already masking or blocking whois details. Blocking has been going on …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has requested European data protection authorities (DPAs) provide specific guidance on the organization’s Proposed Interim Compliance Model [PDF, 922 KB] as it relates to the European …

Göran Marby, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has requested guidance about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impact on the domain name system and WHOIS from the European Union. Marby sent letters (pdf) to …

Here is how any domain name owner that has a domain name registered at GoDaddy can Opt-out of domain name WHOIS masking. On January 25, 2018, GoDaddy began masking (blocking) the Registrant name, phone and …

WIPO domain name cybersquatting cases reach new record in 2017 increasing by 1.3%. The total number of WIPO domain name cases were 3,074 in 2017 compared to 3,036 in 2016. But just one or two …

Some people think they somehow deserve a domain name so they try to acquire it using baseless and empty legal threats and/or subtle indirect threats. I received an inquiry for a 2-word .com 2 weeks …

Braden Pollock interviews Nat Cohen about the “Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy” (UDRP). “Nat Cohen is a prominent full-time domain name investor with decades of experience in the industry. He primarily focuses on investing in quality …

From 25 May 2018, the .UK WHOIS will no longer display the registrant’s name or address, unless they have given permission to do so. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on …