GoDaddy deleting most ancillary registration contact information

[Mel Beckman via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

 I just received this notice through one of my clients.

Due to recent changes in the Registration Data Policy (Addendum II), we're updating how Organization Name info is 
displayed in WHOIS/RDDS:

Currently, we collect Registrant, Administrative, Billing, and Technical contacts. Going forward, we'll collect the 
minimum data required by each domain registry.

Most registries will be moving to the minimum data set, so Technical, Administrative, and Billing contacts will no 
longer be collected or displayed in WhoIs/RDDS.

On or after August 21, 2025, we'll delete extra contact data and the registrant fax number from our systems unless the 
registry specifically requires that data.

There is no action needed from you for the above changes.

Where your Registrant contact data contains a populated Organization field, this will not be displayed in the 
Whois/RDDS.

First, this seems like awfully short notice. Second, although I remember reading something about this a month ago 
having to do with GDPR, I didn’t realize it would result in the deletion of existing data in North America.

For domains I manage, I have an opportunity, however brief, to collect this information for future use. However, I’m 
surprised that this is happening to domains registered in North America. I would think it would conflict with ICANN 
requirements.

Has anybody else got ideas on the impact of this going forward? I’m not in the domain resale business, but I am in the 
business of troubleshooting network problems. :-)

 -mel
_______________________________________________
NANOG mailing list 
https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog () lists nanog org/message/NCGWCH744HKDHGNDDTQ6WOU3DL4LWKHG/