The .us ccTLD registry is aimed at serving the needs of US based businesses, individuals and organisations in common with other ccTLDs that have a strong link with the geographic region where they are based. In the case of .us the contract is awarded by the US government and Neustar has been running the show… Continue reading DotUS Organising “Town Hall”
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Nominet Announces Board Election Results
Nominet has announced the results of their recent board election. This year there were two seats open for non-executive directors who are elected by Nominet members. James Bladel from GoDaddy and David Thornton have both been elected to the board. For Thornton this will be his second term, whereas for Bladel this will be his… Continue reading Nominet Announces Board Election Results
Nominet GDPR Consultation Closes Tomorrow
Nominet, the registry for .uk, is conducting a consultation on how it will handle whois data once GDPR comes into force. It’s worth noted that the consultation is only related to the *.uk namespace and is not about any of the gTLD registries on the Nominet platform. While that is the main focus of the… Continue reading Nominet GDPR Consultation Closes Tomorrow
IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
The .ie ccTLD, which is the country code domain name for Ireland has long had very restrictive policies governing registration. Even if you were Irish or had a business based in Ireland registering a domain name in the local country code extension wasn’t straightforward – at least not compared to the ease with which you… Continue reading IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
Last year the .ie ccTLD opened a consultation process around “liberalisation”. As anyone who has tried to register a .ie domain name would know, compared to registering a .com or .eu the amount of paperwork and general bureaucracy associated with a .ie domain name has always been excessive. The consultation showed that there was strong… Continue reading IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
Nominations for Nominet Non-Executive Director Close Friday
This year there is only one seat on the Nominet board open for election. The nomination period for the Non-Executive Director of Nominet is open at the moment and will close next Friday, March 10th. The criteria for being nominated are pretty simple. Nomination is open to anyone, but you need to be nominated and… Continue reading Nominations for Nominet Non-Executive Director Close Friday
Italian ccTLD Passes the 3 Million Domains Registered Mark
The Italian country code registry announced last week that they’d passed the 3 million domains registered. With the Italian registry about to kick off celebrations of their 30 years in existence the milestone was quite timely. The first .it domain name was registered in December 1987. They hit 1 million names registered in 2005, a… Continue reading Italian ccTLD Passes the 3 Million Domains Registered Mark
New Zealand’s ccTLD Proposes Flawed Whois Policy Change
In common with several other ccTLDs, the .nz ccTLD is split into two bodies. While the registry operator is NZRS, the policies are managed by a different entity The Domain Name Commission. They’ve recently been reviewing their whois related policies and have come up with a proposal which would allow private individuals to opt out… Continue reading New Zealand’s ccTLD Proposes Flawed Whois Policy Change
Nominet Issues Data On Domain Suspensions Due To Criminal Activity
In common with a number of other ccTLDs, Nominet has policies governing “criminal activity” involving domain names. The Nominet policy in this areas was formalised back in 2014 and allows them to suspend domains based on reports from a variety of sources: The revised terms and conditions published by Nominet expressly prohibit any .uk domains… Continue reading Nominet Issues Data On Domain Suspensions Due To Criminal Activity
IEDR Issue 2015 Domain Registration Figures
The IEDR have issued details of the 2015 domain name registrations. Overall the .ie namespace has grown. As with previous years the more densely populated areas of Dublin, Cork and Galway accounted for a higher number of domains than other parts of the country. Here’s the full release: Almost 100 .ie domains registered every… Continue reading IEDR Issue 2015 Domain Registration Figures