2018 was a big year for data protection with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last May — forcing CISOs and other professionals to rethink how the personal data of European consumers should be collected and processed. Taking a closer a look at WHOIS in connection to that, the protocol gives access to public domain data including TLDs and ccTLDs as well as more personal information like the names and addresses of individual registrants.

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