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ICANN testing tech to let law enforcement access non-public WHOIS info

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ICANN has started testing authentication schemes that will allow law enforcement agencies to make urgent requests for non-public WHOIS information – when needed to address threats to life, critical infrastructure, or child exploitation. Domain registrars collect information about their customers and in the past that data was publicly available in WHOIS records.

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