An updated procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Laws has been published on the ICANN website. In practice, however, it is still bordering on the impossible for anyone to make use of. The level of granularity expected by ICANN in order to make use of the alternative trigger (see the [redlined file](https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/whois-privacy-conflicts-procedure-redline-18apr17-en.pdf) here) strikes me as very unreasonable.
Ayden Férdeline
[linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)
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[Updated ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Laws Now Available](http://icann.org/news/announcement-2017-04-18-en)
LOS ANGELES – 18 April 2017 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today published the updated Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Laws (WHOIS Procedure), which is effective immediately. Read the Revised WHOIS Procedure. The WHOIS Procedure has been revised to incorporate an alternative trigger to invoke the WHOIS Procedure. The current trigger in the WHOIS Procedure allows a registry operator or ICANN-accredited registrar to invoke the procedure if the contracted party is in receipt of a notification of an action that its compliance wit...
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