The biggest recent development involving ICANN results from the general data protection regulation known as GDPR and the regulation which became fully effective on May 25, 2018. Due to the regulation, ICANN decided to require domain name registries to remove public access to the contact names and details of domain name registrants. This action was implemented to protect the personal data and privacy of domain name registrants under the GDPR. The decision to limit data previously provided by the WHOIS service has had a severe negative impact on a number of interests. It has raised issues relating to security on… Read more