<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thank you very much Michele!<br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB">____________________________</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span lang="EN-GB">Ing. Matthias Markus Hudobnik</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span lang="DE"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:matthias.hudobnik@eunet.at">matthias@hudobnik.at</a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.matthias.hudobnik.at/">http://www.hudobnik.at</a></span></p></div><div><br>On 24.10.2017, at 12:46, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/diaz-bunton-to-marby-13oct17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/diaz-bunton-to-marby-13oct17-en.pdf</a></span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/dammak-to-swinehart-atallah-19oct17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/dammak-to-swinehart-atallah-19oct17-en.pdf</a></span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/sprey-to-Marby-9oct17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/sprey-to-Marby-9oct17-en.pdf</a> << the most interesting of the three </span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Mr Michele Neylon</span><br><span>Blacknight Solutions</span><br><span>Hosting, Colocation & Domains</span><br><span><a href="https://www.blacknight.com/">https://www.blacknight.com/</a></span><br><span><a href="http://blacknight.blog/">http://blacknight.blog/</a></span><br><span>Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072</span><br><span>Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090</span><br><span>Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/">https://michele.blog/</a></span><br><span>Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/">https://ceo.hosting/</a> </span><br><span>-------------------------------</span><br><span>Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span><br><span>Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 19/10/2017, 16:47, "<a href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a> on behalf of Wolf Ludwig" <<a href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net">wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><span> Just FYI -- with regards,</span><br><span> Wolf</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Cathrin.BAUER-BULST@ec.europa.eu">Cathrin.BAUER-BULST@ec.europa.eu</a> sent Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:56:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear all,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In case not yet seen, ICANN has just published the legal advice<<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gdpr-memorandum-part1-16oct17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gdpr-memorandum-part1-16oct17-en.pdf</a>> announced a while ago, accompanied by a communication<<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-and-privacy-update">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-and-privacy-update</a>> which reads in part:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"[…] This first memo focuses on potentially challenging areas with existing requirements for registries and registrars to provide open, publicly available WHOIS services. It provides a general overview of key concepts in the GDPR (e.g. personal data, consent, the role of data controllers and processers and data protection authorities, etc.) and how these concepts relate to gTLD WHOIS services.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The memo highlights the complexity of these issues in the domain name space, and concludes that the current open, publicly available WHOIS services cannot remain unchanged. The WHOIS system has to become adaptable to address the GDPR from the European perspective, as well as other changing regulations around the world.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Since GDPR will likely effect how WHOIS data is displayed, it could impact our ability to maintain a single global WHOIS system. In </span></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>