An annual meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) ended Friday without resolving a looming standoff between European privacy law and ICANN rules that help right holders identify IP infringers on the web.

The conflict centers around the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which takes effect in May 2018 and strengthens restrictions on how companies may gather and use EU citizens’ personal data.

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