Re: GoDaddy deleting most ancillary registration contact information

[Marc Binderberger via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:39:47 +0000, David Conrad via NANOG wrote:

> IANAL, but my understanding is that one of the “nice” things about GDPR 
> is that it applies to European citizens, regardless of where they’re 
> located.

Not a lawyer either but a European citizen. Gee, I did not know that I 
carried my shiny GDPR armor when I lived in the US - so many missed 
opportunities to sue companies! ;-)

Seriously, the "regardless of where they're located" is true for the 
companies when you do business with someone _in_ the EU. Btw, it's not just 
EU citizen but also residents of the EU (!).
I found this explanation:

    https://gdpr.eu/companies-outside-of-europe/

> Since registrars generally don’t know the citizenship of the information 
> associated with individual registrants or their contacts, the term “better 
> safe than sorry” probably applies.

I doubt the citizenship matters. It's your address, i.e. your residency. But 
yeah, opting for less information to stay on the safe side is a likely 
outcome of GDPR.

For GoDaddy.com, when I typed it in my browser I got the 
https://www.godaddy.com/es-es page as I'm in Spain. With prices in Euro. 
Which fits the example the gdpr.eu page above mentions.


Still, another detail that favors the big companies and creates risks for the 
small ones. Should have studied law, I guess.

Regards, Marc
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