Following last week’s discussion of the significant Whois changes that compliance with the GDPR will require, here are some resources that I hope will help put things into a broader context. A letter to ICANN from Article 29 Working Party December 6 2017 (PDF) The Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) is an advisory body established […]
In the weeks since my last update, a lot of behind-the-scenes work has gone on for our GDPR implementation project. One aspect of this project, which we can now share more specific information about, concerns changes to the Whois system. I also have some details around how collecting and processing data will influence both our […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the days since our first GDPR blog post thinking nonstop about the policy’s potential impacts on the domain world. Okay, maybe you have other things to do with your time… But luckily, there are a lot of great minds at work on this issue. This week, I’d like to […]
Update: March 6, 2018 Previously, we had announced plans to apply GDPR-related requirements and processes only to domains registered by EU-local individuals. We have since changed our approach and now plan to extend these heightened privacy and security requirements to all registrants and reseller partners. This streamlined solution ensures that our platform is secure and […]
Update: February 8, 2018 This blog post is a follow-up to the information we published a few months ago regarding the Google-Symantec conundrum. Symantec and Google have agreed on a plan that requires Symantec to migrate certificate validation to a third party. In exchange, Google would ensure that the Chrome browser continues to trust Symantec […]