Dutch DPA: unlimited publication of WHOIS data violates privacy law

The unlimited publication of WHOIS-data of domain name registrants by Dutch registries is a violation of current Dutch privacy law. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has published a letter it sent to a Dutch administrator of the domain name extensions .amsterdam and .frl.

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