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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

Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?

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ICANN has been sent another letter by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. However it still isn't on ICANN's correspondence page - I  found it on the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party's site. The letter, which was signed by all 28 members and represents the legal position of all 28 member states of the European Union, is diplomatic, but pretty clear. Short … [Read more...] about Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?

Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name

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It's not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day .. Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k. They're quoting Digital Crew's Peter Coppinger on the timeline for the acquisition:   “Negotiations took over two years … [Read more...] about Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name

High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

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Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain's registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches. And it looks like it's already happened … [Read more...] about High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe

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Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They've been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they'd been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian "geo" TLDs will be among the earliest … [Read more...] about Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe