EUrid has published a graphic giving details about their carbon emissions during 2013 and how they offset them: The .eu registry has a clear commitment to “green” Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me) DotEU By The Numbers (internetnews.me) Win €5k To Promote Your .EU Website! (blacknight.com)
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Who Is Using Domains and How?
So what happens to a domain after it is registered? Where does it end up? Who uses it? How do they use it? These aren’t trivial questions, as they provide very clear indicators of how an entire namespace is growing or dying .. If a a TLD isn’t used actively then it will die. And… Continue reading Who Is Using Domains and How?
DotEU By The Numbers
The guys over at EUrid released a nice graphic that gives a summary of key data related to .eu in 2013: At the recent ICANN meeting in London EUrid was firmly focussed on highlighting European businesses that actively use .eu for their websites. Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me)… Continue reading DotEU By The Numbers
Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!
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… Continue reading Help ICANN Fix Whois Conflicts With Data Privacy Law!
European Data Protection Supervisor Smacks ICANN Over Privacy Issues With 2013 RAA
ICANN has been sent a letter by the European Data Protection Supervisor calling them out with respect to both data collection, retention and privacy within the context of the 2013 Registrar contract (RAA). The letter is the first instance of one, to my knowledge, which makes reference to the ECJ’s recent ruling that rendered the… Continue reading European Data Protection Supervisor Smacks ICANN Over Privacy Issues With 2013 RAA
EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years
EUrid have officially been awarded the contract to run the .eu domain registry for another 5 years. The contract, which is awarded by the European Commission, was open for tender last year and the official announcement was only made today. The announcement is in today’s Official Journal of the European Union Interestingly there was only… Continue reading EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years
Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?
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… Continue reading Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?
Eurid’s Christmas Greeting
Nice and simple (and yes, I am in it) Related articles Be in with a Chance to Win a Holiday for 2 when you Register an EU Domain
Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
Today Nominet held their annual registrar conference. Unlike other year’s there was only one topic on the agenda: The Direct UK Consultation. I wrote about my issues with the proposal a while back and Edwin Hayward has collected pretty much all references to it in both blogs and mainstream media here. While I was not… Continue reading Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid
The US government has renewed the IANA contract to ICANN. Full details in the official release. The IANA contract renewal had been haunting ICANN for the last year, so closure on this key aspect of internet plumbing should be greeted positively in most quarters. The EU, however, might not be too happy, as they’d already… Continue reading ICANN Wins IANA Contract Bid