Since 6 December 2025, new legal requirements for the provision of domain registration data have been in force in Germany. The regulations have a direct impact on DENIC domain queries.
The national implementation of the EU's NIS2 Directive in Germanywill bring about changes regarding the new registration, transfer and amendment of holder data of .de domains.
The national implementation of the EU's NIS2 Directive in Germany will bring about changes regarding the data output of DENIC's whois lookup service for .de domains.
In September, we and our subsidiary DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG successfully completed the transition audits to the current version of the standard for information security management systems, ISO 27001. Our subsidiary has had its own certification since 2022, so both companies were audited separately for the transition.
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Topics November 2025: WSIS+20, EU “Digital Omnibus”, Digital Sovereignty Summit, as well as new UN decisions on AI, data governance, and cybersecurity.
Topics October 2025: WSIS+20, the UN Cybercrime Convention, the protection of minors, and debates on AI and cybersecurity dominated internet governance.
Trust, Responsibility, Networking: Internet Governance in uncertain times
Frankfurt, 10 September 2025
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