German Courts Swats ICANN away For Fourth Time Over WHOIS/GDPR Data Collection

Posted on September 18, 2018July 2, 2025

“The plea of remonstrance of 17 August 2018 filed by the Applicant [ICANN] concerning the order of the Senate of 1 August 2018 (19 W 32/18) is rejected with costs.” ICANN has been hit with the fourth expected loss in its quest to continue to collect and make public domain name registrant contact (WHOIS) details …

A German Court Denies ICANN Request for Injunctive Relief on GDPR

By James Barnley Posted in Governance

Posted on June 4, 2018

Last week ICANN filed for an injunctive relief in a matter related to the latest EU Data law enforcement with the German regional court seeking assistance in interpreting the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in order to protect the data collected in WHOIS. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN“) has …