Re: Whois vs GDPR, latest news

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* owen () delong com (Owen DeLong) [Thu 17 May 2018, 03:19 CEST]:
> At this point if I were a registrar or registry doing business in 
> such a way as to be subject to gdpr, I’d seriously consider spinning 
> up a subsidiary only for that purpose and leave it with minimal 
> revenues and nothing to collect in the event of a lawsuit. Either 
> that or simply stop doing business with Europeans until their 
> government comes to its senses.
>
> Fortunately For now I get to watch from the sidelines with amusement 
> as this unfolds.

I'm happy as a European to finally do business with companies that 
will have at least a modicum of respect for my privacy.

We cannot escape UDRP but at least we now have a say in what we are 
forced to publish about ourselves.


        -- Niels.