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UK Government Considers Forcing All Adult Sites To Do Mandatory Age Verification

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The UK government has opened a consultation on "age verification". It's bundled in under the title of: Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography.There's a few "gems" in the materials that show not only how big the adult industry is, but also how big an impact any proposals could have on it.For example, the report from the panel of experts gives some very … [Read more...] about UK Government Considers Forcing All Adult Sites To Do Mandatory Age Verification

IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains

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The IEDR has opened a public consultation on the release of two letter .ie domain names.The consultation will run for 30 days from today.The proposed policies covering the release are outlined in a paper published by IEDR:PAC Public Consultation DocumentDisclosure: I am one of the registrar representatives on the IEDR's PAC … [Read more...] about IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains

Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!

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ICANN has opened a comment period  in relation to whois conflicts with local law / data privacy law.Of course anytime ICANN, or anyone else, tries to make any changes to whois policy there are issues.Whois is, for a variety of reasons, an emotive subject.One of the areas that Article 29, several registries located in the EU and a number of registrars (including … [Read more...] about Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!

(Dot)Joburg Explained

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As others have noted, the launch plans and policies of "geo" and "city" new TLDs vary quite a bit. Some will be heavily restricted and require "presence" in the region or city, while others are going to be fully "open".Neil Dundas, who is involved with the .joburg registry as well as that of .africa, posted this deck earlier today which explains their launch … [Read more...] about (Dot)Joburg Explained

Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice

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I posted a couple of days about the breach notice ICANN had sent to Internet.bs.Earlier this evening Internet.bs' CEO Marco Rinaudo reached out to me and asked me to publish a public response to this.For the record I do not know Mr Rinaudo personally, but I think it is only fair to offer him a an opportunity to address this situation in public.Here's his statement … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Internet.bs Response to ICANN Breach Notice

Video: ICANN Proposing Replacement For Whois

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Disclosure: I'm a member of the group that worked on thisI posted in some length about the proposal over on the company blog a few days ago, but ICANN have since posted the video to youtube, so here it is:I wasn't included in the video introduction as I didn't get a chance to record a segment, though I will be involved in the webinar tomorrow afternoon. Related … [Read more...] about Video: ICANN Proposing Replacement For Whois

Google’s .App Under Fire

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I've written about "closed generic" new TLD applications several times over the last year.I'm opposed to them, as I've said in the past and continue to say today. However I've generally been supportive of "restricted" TLDs.The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) has serious concerns about Google's application for .app and want ICANN's board of directors to … [Read more...] about Google’s .App Under Fire

Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements

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The 2013 RAA was approved by ICANN's board of directors less than a week ago.The new contract introduces a number of new obligations on ICANN accredited registrars, among them are several related to data validation, verification and retention.The Article 29 Working Party, however, has written to ICANN and made it very clear that it views these requirements to be … [Read more...] about Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements