Thanks very much for forwarding on - that's very useful to read.

It's funny - back in San Juan, I was chatting with a couple of EU
folks who were absolutely convinced that the GDPR was recognized among
European policy-making circles as a massive overreach, and was on
track to be scaled back. It seems they may have misread things...


On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Great news!
>
> The European Commission has today proposed updating a regulation re: the .EU
> ccTLD to make it clear that WHOIS data must be explicitly subjected to
> privacy protections:
>
> https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:372378d7-4a0a-11e8-be1d-01aa75ed71a1.0001.02/DOC_1&format=PDF
>
> “2. The WHOIS database shall contain relevant information, which is not
> excessive in relation to the purpose of the database, about the points of
> contact administering the domain names under the .eu TLD and the holders of
> the domain names. Where the domain name holder is a natural person, the
> information that is to be made publicly available shall be subject to the
> domain name holder’s consent within the meaning of Regulation 2016/679. ”
>