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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

Register.com Sent Breach Notice By ICANN

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Register.com, which is part of the web.com group of companies, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN's compliance department. The notice, which I'm attaching below, covers a number of issues, including records for some domains, links to specific policies and data escrow. What's a little different with this notice is the angle that ICANN appears to be adopting. While … [Read more...] about Register.com Sent Breach Notice By ICANN

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

Chinese Registrar Not Escrowing Data Correctly

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ICANN's compliance team have been quite busy so far this year. In one of their most recently published breach notices against Chinese registrar Xin Net is getting "slapped" for "Repeated failure to escrow gTLD registration data pursuant to Section 3.6 of the RAA" Unlike other compliance actions where the registrar in question simply has not escrowed data, the case of Xin … [Read more...] about Chinese Registrar Not Escrowing Data Correctly