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CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions

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CIRA, the .ca domain registry, has announced that they will be offering Domainsbot's domain name suggestion technology for .ca domain names. It'll be interesting to see if other ccTLD registries will follow suit. Traditionally many of the country code operators have resisted granting access to their zone files which is a key requirement to enable DomainsBot and similar … [Read more...] about CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions

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

The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond

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ICANN's NCUC - the Non-Commercial Users Constituency is organising a full day event in Singapore right before the ICANN meeting. The event is focussed on Internet Governance with a focus on the Netmundial meeting in Brazil: The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond The purpose of this NCUC conference is to provide a first opportunity for intensive, F2F cross-community dialogue on … [Read more...] about The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond

ICANN Sends Breach Notice to Internet.bs

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ICANN has sent out a number of breach notices to registrars today, however one does spring out - the one sent to Internet.bs. Internet.bs, which is based in the Bahamas, received quite a bit of negative press in the past from the InfoSec community. One article on Ars Technica, for example, called them out as being the registrar of record for a disproportionately high … [Read more...] about ICANN Sends Breach Notice to Internet.bs

Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service

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Nominet, the UK domain registry, have announced a pilot of their new "cyber security" service aimed at small business. The new service which is being marketed under the moniker of "Nominet Cyber Assist". The service was first announced back in February. It's not clear if Nominet intend to charge for the service once the 3 month trial period ends. It's also not very … [Read more...] about Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service

DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video

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PeopleBrowsr (sic) have announced the .ceo sunrise as well as releasing yet another video. And yet again they've disable embedding, which for a company that's supposedly "social" is an odd choice .. Anyway .. here's the release:   dotCEO - the only TLD to convey both authority and power - will be marketed to brand leaders, 20 million business leaders globally and … [Read more...] about DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video

ICANN’s Compliance Goes After Telefonica?

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ICANN's compliance team have been kept busy this week. They've issued 3 breach notices to registrars: Virtucom Networks S.A - for non-payment of fees Telefonica Brasil S.A. - for non-payment of fees. Black Ice Domains, Inc - for not paying their fees. Judging by the details in the letter ICANN has been going back and forth with them on this since last summer. Of … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Compliance Goes After Telefonica?

French DPC Slaps Google With 150k Fine

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The French data protection authorities have fined Google 150000 Euro and obliged them to put a notice on their home page announcing the fine: The fine is the largest ever levied against a company in France and is due to both the seriousness of the data privacy issues and the number of of them (I'm paraphrasing): La sanction pécuniaire décidée constitue le montant le … [Read more...] about French DPC Slaps Google With 150k Fine