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> whether WHOIS publication is necessary for the function of the domain It is not (e.g. see the paid privacy guard services), and the article 29 working party
by guitarbill 8y ago
> whether WHOIS publication is necessary for the function of the domain
It is not (e.g. see the paid privacy guard services), and the article 29 working party (WP29) has been telling them this since 2003. ICANN has been ignoring it for 15 years. Until now, there was no way to enforce that. And now they reap what they sowed, with registrars stuck in the middle.