CloudFest 2018, Tucows Keynote, Tuesday, March 13: GDPR and Domains: Is the Hype Justified



CloudFest 2018, Tucows Keynote, Tuesday, March 13: GDPR and Domains: Is the Hype Justified

CloudFest 2018, Tucows Keynote, Tuesday, March 13: GDPR and Domains: Is the Hype Justified

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, commonly referred to as the GDPR, has sent waves of concern across the domain industry with some experts predicting the end of Whois. Alexander Schwertner and Ashley La Bolle of Tucows, a wholesale domain registrar, joined CloudFest and discussed how the GDPR’s requirement for data privacy by default and design affects the domain industry.