The Federal Trade Commission has made a pitch for open access to Whois, saying the databases are a key weapon in its fight against spyware and other Internet fraud. The agency on Tuesday called access ...

Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her ...

Certificate authorities and browser makers are planning to end the use of WHOIS data verifying domain ownership following a report that demonstrated how threat actors could abuse the process to obtain ...

General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is coming. Here's what it means, how it'll impact individuals and businesses. So, why does that matter to you? It matters because ICANN also runs the WHOIS ...

GAC session at ICANN meeting focuses on GDPR and WHOIS Concern that expedited policy process will not focus on accreditation models Evidence of brand owner enforcement struggles presented to ...

With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) set to go into effect on May 25, 2018, many questions remain as to what entities that control and process data from EU citizens ...

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is resulting in internet domain registrars hiding domain registration information to avoid fines for non-compliance. Domain registration information ...

Are your online trademark enforcements efforts being thwarted by inaccurate or inaccessible Whois data? If so, make your voices heard! Problems with the accuracy and completeness of the Whois global ...

It’s a question that continues to plague the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), domain name registrars, the U.S. Congress and myriad federal agencies: How best to ensure the ...

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If you head over to a Whois service and search for wired.com, you'll see that this site is registered to our publisher Condé Nast at One World Trade Center in New York City. If you have your own ...

Facebook was ordered by a Dutch court to remove false advertisements that link Big Brother creator John de Mol to Bitcoin-related investments or pay up to US$1.2 million in fines. How did things get ...