Data Disclosure
Procedure for Disclosure of Domain Contact Data
Except for Domain Contacts who “opt-in”, personal data are masked in Gandi’s responses to “Whois” queries, in accordance with the rules set forth by ICANN or the Registries and the laws relative to the protection of personal data.
However, third parties may request that Domain Contact information be disclosed to them.
Legal framework:¶
Since the Registrar Gandi SAS is a French company, it is subject to French laws, and in particular Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relative to Data Processing, Data Files, and Individual Liberties, as amended, as well as Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, applicable as of May 25, 2018 (the “GDPR”).
As an ICANN-accredited Registrar, Gandi SAS is also subject to the 2013 “Registrar Accreditation Agreement”, to which is added the “Temporary gTLD Registration Data Specification” adopted on May 17, 2018 via ICANN Board Resolutions 2018.05.17.01 and 2018.05.17.09.
Other rules specific to certain TLDs (in particular ccTLDs) are likely to apply depending on the TLDs concerned, in particular concerning the disclosure of Domain Contact data.
Requests for disclosure of data should be addressed to Gandi's legal department: legal@support.gandi.net.
The contact information of legal entities may be freely disclosed to any person(s) upon request, with the exception of the “Name” and “Email” fields, insofar as they may contain personal data.
Gandi evaluates the relevance of the request at its sole discretion.