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March saw the lowest number of requests for private Whois data via ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service since the system launched in late 2023.
ICANN’s latest stats show that there were just 91 requests last month, compared to February’s 143 and the previous low, from last November, of 103.
The dip can probably attributed at least in part to the departure of eight companies from the pool of participating registrars.
Notably, Tucows pulled its four accreditations from the service. Four shell registrars belonging to Tracer (Focus IP) also withdrew because their accreditations have been terminated.
Of the 1,307 domain lookups via RDRS in March, also a new low, 19% were for domains at non-participating registrars. That was up slightly from 17% in February and compares to 25% from the service’s launch.
The average time for a request to be approved was 3.3 days, the second-lowest of any monthly reporting period to date. Denials took on average just over a week. Both metrics were well below the lifetime average.
Intellectual property owners and law enforcement are still the largest categories of requestor, together accounting for almost half of requests in March.
Interestingly, UK cops have now submitted more requests for private data than police from any other country, including the US. Law enforcement requests since last October now stand at 30 for the UK and 29 for the US.
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