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Interesting, I just queried the WHOIS records of a .im domain which used to display my personal information, but now it displays: This informat

by y7 8y ago

Interesting, I just queried the WHOIS records of a .im domain which used to display my personal information, but now it displays: This information has been redacted to comply with European Union General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Please contact us at info@nic.im if you have any further queries. Domain Managers Name: Redacted Address Redacted Domain Owners / Registrant Name: Redacted Address Redacted [...]

djsumdog 8y ago
huh .. I just checked my own .im domain and got the same response. Interesting. That was fast.
- CydeWeys 8y ago
  It's actually slow when you think about it another way. GDPR has been looming for years, and it's now only a month and a week prior to enforcement date that things have started changing.
Symbiote 8y ago
Particularly interesting, as the Isle of Man isn't in the European Union.
- furyg3 8y ago
  If the TLD authority on the Island is offering a good/service to an EU person, even if they are outside the EU, they will need to protect that data in the way that the GDPR specifies. So they can either decide to not publicize that info for EU persons (based on address?), or not publish any natural person's data. But let's say they didn't want to. No consequences, right? Not quite... the .im authority allows EU businesses (domain registrars) to register domain names (for example, I can go to transip.nl and register a .im domain name). TransIP has to comply with the GDPR. If TransIP collects my information to pass it outside the EU, they need to be certain that the organization they provide it to is also GDPR compliant. If they don't have those assurances, they can't give them the info. So not being GDPR compliant is not great for the .im revenue stream. Finally, I have no clue about the legal regime on the Isle of Man. If I were them, I would probably try to sync up a lot of my laws with the UK (and thus EU, for now) laws. So my guess is they have some sort of data protection act, and that it's in line with the GDPR (or will be very soon).

by y7 8y ago

djsumdog 8y ago

huh .. I just checked my own .im domain and got the same response. Interesting. That was fast.

CydeWeys 8y ago
It's actually slow when you think about it another way. GDPR has been looming for years, and it's now only a month and a week prior to enforcement date that things have started changing.

Symbiote 8y ago

Particularly interesting, as the Isle of Man isn't in the European Union.

furyg3 8y ago
If the TLD authority on the Island is offering a good/service to an EU person, even if they are outside the EU, they will need to protect that data in the way that the GDPR specifies. So they can either decide to not publicize that info for EU persons (based on address?), or not publish any natural person's data. But let's say they didn't want to. No consequences, right? Not quite... the .im authority allows EU businesses (domain registrars) to register domain names (for example, I can go to transip.nl and register a .im domain name). TransIP has to comply with the GDPR. If TransIP collects my information to pass it outside the EU, they need to be certain that the organization they provide it to is also GDPR compliant. If they don't have those assurances, they can't give them the info. So not being GDPR compliant is not great for the .im revenue stream. Finally, I have no clue about the legal regime on the Isle of Man. If I were them, I would probably try to sync up a lot of my laws with the UK (and thus EU, for now) laws. So my guess is they have some sort of data protection act, and that it's in line with the GDPR (or will be very soon).