[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] WSGR Final Memorandum

[jonathan matkowsky]

Assuming for argument's sake that's true without taking any position as I'm
still catching up from a week ago, I'm not sure this should be dismissed
without consideration as a possibility, although obviously not by any
stretch of the imagination ideal --> non-EU registrars block EU
registrants, and registries contract with non-EU registrars.

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at nic.br> wrote:

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> On Sep 26, 2017, at 7:17 PM, John Horton <john.horton at legitscript.com>
> wrote:
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> Much of this problem goes away if we all agree that EU-based registrars
> should henceforth only be allowed to accept registrants in the EU. Aside
> from the effect on EU registrars' revenue, what's the logical argument
> against that from a policy perspective?
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> After all, isn't the purpose of the GDPR to protect *EU residents*?
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> That's correct, but the conclusion is not. Non-EU registrars are also
> subject to GDPR if targeting EU customers, which could be as simple as
> providing services in EU languages and accepting registration transactions
> from the EU.
> So, for the problem to go away non-EU registrars would need to block EU
> registrants, and registries would only be able to enter contracts with
> non-EU registrars.
>
> So EU users would either be happy using numeric IP addresses, or develop a
> naming system of their own. Then we would have balkanisation, this time
> actually including the original balkans.
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> Rubens
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