Is 2018 the death year for WHOIS?
Is 2018 the death year for WHOIS? Some may agree that WHOIS queries violate someone’s privacy and many may disagree. Doesn’t matter what everyone thinks, 2018 may be the death year for WHOIS. But why am I and everyone else suddenly talking about this? Well, it’s not all that sudden. May 25 th this year, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation of EU will take drastic measures for industries handling personal data including the industry of Domain Name registration and reservation. Already the domain name industry started to scramble figuring out a way to comply with new regulations while running against the clock with the vague guidelines from ICANN and the EU. New Privacy regulation GDPR works to protect the privacy of the citizens and residents of the EU. They will not only handle the companies based in the EU but also every company that handles any information regarding the residents of the EU. According to Thomas Rickert , Head of Numbers and Name Forum at Eco