Last Friday ICANN took German registrar EPAG to court in Germany.German courts seem to be pretty fast, so instead of having to wait weeks or months to see how they'd rule, we've already got the answer.The German court in Bonn has ruled that EPAG (Tucows) is not obliged to collect extra contacts beyond the domain name registrant.The decision, naturally, is in German, … [Read more...] about ICANN vs Epag / Tucows: German Court Rules Against ICANN
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ICANN Sues German Registrar Over GDPR
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
German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains
Strato (Cronon AG), which is one of the larger German registrars, has pulled *.uk domain names from its offerings. The company made the announcement via a blog post (in German) where they outlined the reasons for their decision.The issue? Nominet's registrant data validation processes.I reached out to the guys at Cronon, who handle domain regisrations for Strato, to get … [Read more...] about German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains