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Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam

June 20, 2018 by Michele Neylon

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

An Australian company has been €1.24 million (AU$1.95 million) for duping businesses out of over AU$2.3 million via a domain slamming scam. The case was taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who claim that the company in question had sent out over 300 thousand fake renewal notices to Australian businesses. For those of us who have been in the … [Read more...] about Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam

ICANN Sues German Registrar Over GDPR

May 27, 2018 by Michele Neylon

ICANN announced Friday that it is pursuing legal action in Germany against Epag. Epag is owned by Tucows, who are one of the largest registrars in the world. So what is going on? Why is ICANN taking legal action against a registrar? According to the announcement from ICANN the action is "to preserve whois data". However it's not that simple. ICANN has been … [Read more...] about ICANN Sues German Registrar Over GDPR

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