Recital 109 Domain name registration data

Maintaining accurate and complete databases of domain name registration data (WHOIS data) and providing lawful access to such data is essential to ensure the security, stability and resilience of the DNS, which in turn contributes to a high common level of cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; across the Union. For that specific purpose, TLD name registries and entities providing domain name registration services means a registrar or an agent acting on behalf of registrars, such as a privacy or proxy registration service provider or reseller; should be required to process certain data necessary to achieve that purpose. Such processing should constitute a legal obligation within the meaning of Article 6(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. That obligation is without prejudice to the possibility to collect domain name registration data for other purposes, for example on the basis of contractual arrangements or legal requirements established in other Union or national law. That obligation aims to achieve a complete and accurate set of registration data and should not result in collecting the same data multiple times. The TLD name registries and the entities providing domain name registration services means a registrar or an agent acting on behalf of registrars, such as a privacy or proxy registration service provider or reseller; should cooperate with each other in order to avoid the duplication of that task.