Interim Registration Data Policy

The stopgap ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN policy that applied to gTLD (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD registries (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar from 20 May 2019. It told them to keep following the rules of the expired Temporary Specification (glossary)Temporary Specification ICANN's 2018 emergency rules for WHOIS under the GDPR. Full definition of Temporary Specification while the permanent policy was written. It ended when the Registration Data Policy (glossary)Registration Data Policy ICANN's policy on collecting, publishing and disclosing gTLD registration data. Full definition of Registration Data Policy took full effect on 21 August 2025.