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Registration Data Request Service

Need to request access to generic top-level domain (gTLD) nonpublic registration data?

Registration Data Request Service

To submit a request for gTLD nonpublic registration data, click here. Access to RDRS requires use of a new or existing ICANN account.

The Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) provides:

  • a path for consumer protection advocates, cybersecurity specialists, government officials, intellectual property professionals, law enforcement personnel, ICANN community members and others with a legitimate interest to request access to generic top-level domain (gTLD) nonpublic registration data disclosure.
  • a standardized format for submitting requests for gTLD nonpublic registration data.
  • a centralized system that offers a standardized format for requests, with the ability to upload legal documents, create templates, track requests, and send requests directly to registrars participating in the service.

Registration Data Request Service Update

At ICANN84, the Board adopted a resolution directing ICANN to continue RDRS operations for up to two additional years following the conclusion of the RDRS pilot in November 2025, while the community continues its policy work to ensure the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) recommendations are aligned with policies related to requests for underlying registration data for domains registered under privacy and proxy services, an enforceable timeline for urgent requests, and other relevant procedures.

During this two-year period, ICANN org will continue to work on enhancements to the service in consultation with the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council and in commitment to ensuring the service remains available while policy work is aligned and finalized.

Announcements, Blogs, and Webinars

Click here for announcements, blogs, and webinars related to RDRS and Data Protection/Privacy.

RDRS Resources

RDRS Pilot Reports

RDRS Post-Pilot Usage Metrics Reports

2026 Quarterly Reports

  • April 2026 (Reporting period: 1 December 2025 – 31 March 2026) [PDF] [CSV] [CSV 18] [CSV 19]

Additional Information

Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."