In April, we blogged about the potential impact of the GDPR—which goes into effect this week (May 25)—on the public availability of WHOIS data. Ballard Spahr Intellectual Property attorney Tyler Marandola continues the discussion about WHIOS data in a recent interview with the CyberLaw and Business Report. Listen to it here.

One practical takeaway: if you have WHOIS searching to do, you should do it this week and save the results. WHOIS is likely to look very different (essentially just Organization Name and State/Province) as early as mid-next week.