Too Long; Didn't Read
Admittedly we’ve been largely silent on the topic of the new European General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) because frankly, we don’t really know how to deal with it. The reality is, <em>nobody</em> really knows how to deal with it. The Registrar Stakeholders Group (RRSG) has been very frustrated, and ICANN, never missing an opportunity to avoid an issue, has been little help (they’ve issued a temporary specification allowing registrars to not display whois details, but they did not grant a requested moratorium on compliance. The obligation to collect said data still applies. At least one registrar, EPAG, based in Germany, has ceased collecting that data because they believe doing so violates GDPR, and ICANN has duly <a href="https://domainnamewire.com/2018/05/25/icann-files-legal-action-against-tucows-registrar-over-gdpr/" target="_blank">filed an injunction</a> against them.)