Redl touts NTIA activity in effort to resolve GDPR issue over access to sensitive data

National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief David Redl is touting his agency’s engagement with the organization that manages collection of domain registry information as critical for resolving a major sore point for U.S. government officials over the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation: access to WHOIS data.

“The GAC is a critical part of the ICANN process,” Redl told Inside Cybersecurity following an NTIA oversight hearing at the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday. NTIA is the U.S. representative on the...