Registration Data Policy

The ICANN consensus policy (glossary)consensus policy An ICANN community rule that gTLD registries and registrars must follow. Full definition of consensus policy that sets how 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 collect, keep, publish and disclose registration data (glossary)registration data The information kept about a domain and its owner. Full definition of registration data. It replaced the interim rules adopted after the GDPR (glossary)GDPR General Data Protection Regulation The European Union data protection law that led to hiding personal data in WHOIS. Full definition of GDPR and governs what personal data is hidden from public lookups.