ICANN Montréal Quick Preview
The 3rd ICANN public meeting of 2019 is being held in the Canadian city of Montréal from November [...]
A New Dawn – RDAP is Now Live
Earlier this week there was a seismic change in the domain world, but as we are talking about [...]
ICANN Kobe Could be Mostly About Whois (Again!)
I will be attending the upcoming ICANN meeting in Kobe, Japan next week, As ever it'll be a [...]
Maintaining Trust, Respecting Privacy and Due Process
In order for the Internet to function properly there has to be "trust". Trust in "online" is something [...]
ICANN Panama Will be all About GDPR and Data Addiction
The 62nd ICANN public meeting will be starting this weekend. The location? Panama City, Panama. I’ll be there [...]
Current Whois Data vs Historic Whois Data Published via 3rd Parties
We often get contacted by clients who have questions and queries about whois data or domain name registration [...]
Just in Case you Missed the Hundreds of Emails – GDPR is Here!
At midnight last night Brussels time, 11pm Irish time, the General Data Protection Regulation came into force. However [...]
Some Changes for GDPR Compliance
GDPR comes into force this Friday, so it's time for us to give another small update on what [...]
Public WHOIS in a GDPR World
Come May 25th the General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR will be in force and many companies will [...]
Upcoming Changes to IE Domain Whois and Related Policies for GDPR
As you probably know by now the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force on May 25th. [...]
Game Over for Public Whois? Article 29 Gives ICANN the Advice it Asked for
We've talked about the conflicts between our ICANN contract and privacy law in the past. Not once, not [...]
Whois – Why the hell is this so bloody complicated?
When I attended my first ICANN meeting back in 2007 things were very different to now. The meetings [...]
