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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect on May 25, may also apply to Domain registrants Information held in the whois service.

While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN manages the whois service, requiring accredited domain name registrars to collect and store domain owner's name and postal address, and also the personal details of the domain's technical and administrative contacts.

The good news now is that domain name owners, may be getting free privacy guard for their whois data, albeit it will make finding out who's behind an internet domain a little bit harder, which will potentially pose some problems for law enforcers or anyone else trying to report a domain.

EPAG Domainservices, the German registrar told ICANN about it resolves to stop collecting personal details for the technical and administrative contacts as the GDPR came into effect, stressing that the surplus requirement is against the principle of data minimisation, though it will keep collecting information about domain name owners.

But ICANN filed a counter suit at the Regional Court in Bonn, Germany, for an injunction to enforce EPAG to continue recording administrative and technical contact details for domains it registered, or pay a €250,000 (US$291,000) fine.

The court, however rejected ICANN's request, which refusal was as a result of lack of evidence that the additional information was necessary, given that the same person could as well be listed for all three contacts. It questioned that rationale for even demanding for the personal information about the administrative and technical contacts.

ICANN, however has sought for further clarification of the GDPR requirements for the whois service from the European Commission and the Article 29 Working Party, the Umbrella body of the EU's national privacy regulators.

Aftermath of GDPR: Will ICANN keep Domain registrants Information secret?



The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect on May 25, may also apply to Domain registrants Information held in the whois service.

While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN manages the whois service, requiring accredited domain name registrars to collect and store domain owner's name and postal address, and also the personal details of the domain's technical and administrative contacts.

The good news now is that domain name owners, may be getting free privacy guard for their whois data, albeit it will make finding out who's behind an internet domain a little bit harder, which will potentially pose some problems for law enforcers or anyone else trying to report a domain.

EPAG Domainservices, the German registrar told ICANN about it resolves to stop collecting personal details for the technical and administrative contacts as the GDPR came into effect, stressing that the surplus requirement is against the principle of data minimisation, though it will keep collecting information about domain name owners.

But ICANN filed a counter suit at the Regional Court in Bonn, Germany, for an injunction to enforce EPAG to continue recording administrative and technical contact details for domains it registered, or pay a €250,000 (US$291,000) fine.

The court, however rejected ICANN's request, which refusal was as a result of lack of evidence that the additional information was necessary, given that the same person could as well be listed for all three contacts. It questioned that rationale for even demanding for the personal information about the administrative and technical contacts.

ICANN, however has sought for further clarification of the GDPR requirements for the whois service from the European Commission and the Article 29 Working Party, the Umbrella body of the EU's national privacy regulators.
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