Whois vs GDPR, latest news

Thu May 17 08:29:44 UTC 2018

* owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong) [Thu 17 May 2018, 03:19 CEST]:
>At this point if I were a registrar or registry doing business in 
>such a way as to be subject to gdpr, I’d seriously consider spinning 
>up a subsidiary only for that purpose and leave it with minimal 
>revenues and nothing to collect in the event of a lawsuit. Either 
>that or simply stop doing business with Europeans until their 
>government comes to its senses.
>
>Fortunately For now I get to watch from the sidelines with amusement 
>as this unfolds.

I'm happy as a European to finally do business with companies that 
will have at least a modicum of respect for my privacy.

We cannot escape UDRP but at least we now have a say in what we are 
forced to publish about ourselves.

	-- Niels.