A new industry initiative – the ‘European DNS Resolver Policy‘ – has been established that aims to foster better standards for privacy and transparency across resolver services for the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), such as those run by UK or European broadband ISPs and third-party services (e.g. Google Public DNS).
The existing Domain Name System (DNS) works to convert Internet Protocol (IP) addresses into a human-readable form (e.g. 123.56.32.1 to examplezfakedomain.co.uk) and back again. Most of the time your ISP runs the DNS servers, but advanced end-users can also tweak their own devices (e.g. routers) and software to use third-party DNS solutions like OpenDNS or Google’s Public DNS (i.e. taking some control away from your ISP).
The problem is that a lot of DNS resolvers do not recognise key privacy legislation, such as GDPR (this was adopted into UK law a few years ago) and ePrivacy. Part of the reason for that is because some of the most common DNS resolvers are more designed for the non-European markets, where their authors often reside.
European DNS Resolver Policy / PDF attached
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European Resolver Policy Website
The existing Domain Name System (DNS) works to convert Internet Protocol (IP) addresses into a human-readable form (e.g. 123.56.32.1 to examplezfakedomain.co.uk) and back again. Most of the time your ISP runs the DNS servers, but advanced end-users can also tweak their own devices (e.g. routers) and software to use third-party DNS solutions like OpenDNS or Google’s Public DNS (i.e. taking some control away from your ISP).
The problem is that a lot of DNS resolvers do not recognise key privacy legislation, such as GDPR (this was adopted into UK law a few years ago) and ePrivacy. Part of the reason for that is because some of the most common DNS resolvers are more designed for the non-European markets, where their authors often reside.
European DNS Resolver Policy / PDF attached
read more (ispreview)
European Resolver Policy Website
