GDPR

Also known as: General Data Protection Regulation

2018 EU regulation on personal data handling. Drove the redaction of individual contact data in public WHOIS / RDAP responses for common gTLDs.

Operationally, the most visible effect for MSP DNS work is the post-2018 redaction of individual registrant data on gTLDs like .com and .org. Organisation registrants typically still appear in full; individuals are hidden. The data still exists at the registry and registrar; only the public response is redacted.