On Thu, 3 May 2018, Michael Peddemors wrote:
On 18-05-03 11:20 AM, Marc Goldman via mailop wrote:
Since GDPR has pushed for a public WHOIS to disappear (even though
ICANN seems to be resistant), how do those of you in the email world
feel this will affect those of us who believe in the best practice of
having clients/users turn off WHOIS Privacy on their domains?
E.G we have - for both our ESP & SMTP service, made WHOIS PRIVACY a
validation check upon setting up and sending and those with WHOIS
PRIVACY enabled are unable to send through our service(s) until its
disabled.
I would guess this would now be a null and void policy or one that will
soon be impossible to enforce/rely upon?
Your opinions/comments are appreciated.
Marc Goldman
Personally? Well, you can have privacy if you choose, but just like
people don't answer phone calls from unlisted numbers, don't expect
people to answer your emails either ;)
Not having contact email addresses in WHOIS is asking for problems,
but i don't see why personal domains shouldn't be able to keep
snail-mail/physical addresses out of WHOIS.
If I understand correctly, the GDPR doesn't provide the same protection
for companies as it does for individuals, so I don't see how it
can affect role email addresses and registered corporate adddresses;
those should be able to stay in WHOIS.
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Andrew C. Aitchison Cambridge, UK
[email protected]
There are legitimate reasons for anonymous domains, but if there is no
one listed to report problems related to that domain, it becomes a
problem. IF you have to be anonymous, send mail out through a mail
service that isn't anonymous (eg PTR reflects a domain where there is
whois and contact information)
And for the record, GDPR did not 'push' for WHOIS to dissappear, the
registrars are just concerned that publishing that data in WHOIS may
contravene the GDPR.
However, the GDPR does allow for personal information to be shared, as
long as it is for a legitimate reason, and the person who's information
is displayed understands that and agrees to that.
Now, if anyone takes that information, and uses in way that wasn't
agreed to by the person, (eg a person stripping that data, whether a
spammer or a 'data company') it is that party that is contravening the
GDPR....
I expect it (the wrangling and legal arguments) to go on for some time
yet, before this is all sorted out.
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