data controller and data processor
Under the GDPR General Data Protection Regulation The European Union data protection law that led to hiding personal data in WHOIS. Full definition of GDPR, a controller decides why and how personal data is used, while a processor only handles data on the controller's behalf. In the WHOIS The legacy lookup service for domain registration data, now replaced by RDAP for gTLDs. Full definition of WHOIS debate, a long dispute concerns which role ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN, registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar each hold, because the controller carries most of the legal responsibility.
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