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: 

With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to go into effect on May 25, 2018, many questions remain as to what entities that control and process data from EU citizens must do to comply. One such issue is the ongoing effort by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to ensure that the WHOIS service (an online database of identity and contact information for registrants of web domains) complies with GDPR.
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