Whois? What’s That? The domain name system is overseen by the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which contracts with domain name registries (the operators of top-level ...

Questions about ICANN’s Framework proposal are not the only challenges facing the organization’s WHOIS platform. On May 25, 2018, the day GDPR took effect, ICANN filed a legal action against ...

WHOIS, the searchable “phonebook” of contact data for internet domains, may violate GDPR — or it may not. A lawsuit seeks to find out which it is.

The WHOIS Working Group published its Final Outcomes report (PDF) this week, which detailed nearly three months' worth of talks, negotiations, and disagreements among 70 users, ...

A panel on Internet names voted to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information of domain name owners should remain public.

After an election where data security became a regularly debated hot topic, you'd think everyone in politics would, for lack of better poetry, have their shit together. But of course, you'd be ...

Like a "411" for the Internet, Whois contains information such as names and phone numbers on the owners of millions of ".com" and other Internet addresses. Nonetheless, some privacy advocates are ...

“A fragmented Whois would no longer employ a common framework for generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration directory services,” ICANN said. “Registries and registrars would likely implement ...

Zurich, Switzerland--(Newsfile Corp. - January 2, 2023) - The WHOIS for Web3 Domains and TLDs. Freename has launched the Web3 WHOIS: a unique domain explorer vertical in Web3. It queries wallets ...

ICANN GDPR WHOIS Policy Eliminates Pre-Emptive Protection of Internet Infrastructure Abuse; Obstructs Routine Forensics to Cybercriminals’ Advantage October 24, 2018 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

We noticed WHOIS records for some domains were dated and contained incorrect information about domain owners—people who no longer own these assets. Epik's WHOIS database, part of the 180 GB leak.

Los Angeles - A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners should remain public in ...