So ICANN is not happy with what one registrar is doing to mitigate its risks per GDPR compliance. So it filed against this Tucows proprietary in a German court. Tucows counters and delivers a statement that goes to the heart of the Temporary Specification; it does not give them the comfort they feel is needed. Cannot now from the publicly-available information say the parties followed the ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Laws. But it appears that procedure now has a wooden stake to its heart. http://www.tucows.com/tucows-statement-on-icann-legal-action/ FWIW, I am already on record about the Conflicts procedure; wrong -headed and insidious. -Carlton ============================== *Carlton A Samuels* *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================