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Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

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ICANN's Compliance team have sent a breach notice to registrar Dynamic Dolphin. Why? They've got three issues with them: Legal issues with company officers Failure to comply with the domain transfer policy (IRTP) Not providing registration agreements to registrants The first one, however, is probably the "meatiest" of the lot. Scott Richter has a rather … [Read more...] about Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details

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ICANN has published details of the process that registrars signing the 2013 RAA will need to follow in order to be granted a waiver. Under the 2013 contract registrars will have to collect and retain a lot more data in relation to their customers, which could be in conflict with national laws governing data protection and data privacy. The process that ICANN has outlined … [Read more...] about ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details

ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked

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Under the 2009 RAA ICANN was given a number of new "powers" to wield against registrars that do not comply with the RAA and ICANN policy. One of the new "tools", to borrow Compliance's terminology, is the ability to suspend a registrar. Effectively what this means is that instead of sending warnings (breach notices) and more warnings and then terminating the registrar … [Read more...] about ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked

ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW

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Over the past year ICANN has been undergoing a period of change. With the appointment of a new CEO any organisation will undergo change, but when you combine that with other factors like the new TLD program, the new contracts for both registrars and registries, changes across the industry and much much more, it's easy to see how the organisation would be forced to … [Read more...] about ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW

ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean

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ICANN announced today that they've hired  Alexandra Dans as Communications Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms  Dans previously worked for LACNIC She's multi-lingual and speaks Spanish, French and English with some Portuguese. With ICANN's next meeting scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires in November filling the gap makes a lot of sense "My first priority … [Read more...] about ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean

Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)

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I've written about Google and their "closed generic" applications several times over the last 18 months. I also had the pleasure of being on a discussion panel on the topic at the most recent ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa. So it's pretty clear where I stand on the issue. So the latest letter to ICANN's board on the subject of Google's proposed changes to their … [Read more...] about Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)

ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid

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As most observers of ICANN know, there were two applicants for the .africa new TLD. The second applicant, dotConnectAfrica, did not have the broad support that a "geo" TLD would need in order to meet the criteria laid out in the ICANN newTLD application guidebook. Over the past few months dotConnectAfrica have tried every method imaginable, and a few that most wouldn't … [Read more...] about ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid

Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange

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UK domain company CentralNic will announce tomorrow its plans to float on London's AIM. In an interview with the Telegraph CentralNic's CEO Ben Crawford outlines the company's plans which should be announced officially tomorrow. The entire play is based around CentralNic's new TLD business. The company is providing registry backend services for a number of applications … [Read more...] about Centralnic To Float On Stock Exchange