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I'm curious how this policy will affect ccTLDs where the registry already has a policy of not publishing whois information. For example, individual owners of C
by kijin 11y ago
I'm curious how this policy will affect ccTLDs where the registry already has a policy of not publishing whois information.
For example, individual owners of Canadian .ca domains can have their contact info hidden, whereas corporations can't. Similar policies are in effect in a number of other countries, as well as .eu.
Will these countries need to change their policies so that individuals who have ads on their blogs will have their contact info exposed? Will they have to change the way they respond to requests for disclosure?
Or does the ICANN policy only apply to gTLDs?
- realityking 11y agoI don't know the specific of this proposal, but generally ICANN policies only apply in very limited ways to ccTLDs. That makes them an incredible headache for registrars as they all of their own special rules and regulations and many don't even use EPP.
- talideon 11y agoEven gTLD operators are special little snowflakes in their own way: if the EPP RFCs and ICANN regs give them any leeway to do something silly, they'll do it. Some of them, such as Neustar, don't even bother responding with correct greeting documents. Dealing with registries, be they ccTLD or gTLD registries, is just a massive pain in the ass.