ICANN's Compliance team have sent a breach notice to registrar Dynamic Dolphin. Why? They've got three issues with them: Legal issues with company officers Failure to comply with the domain transfer policy (IRTP) Not providing registration agreements to registrants The first one, however, is probably the "meatiest" of the lot. Scott Richter has a rather … [Read more...] about Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped
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Neustar Releases Visualisation On New gTLDs and DNS Collision
Neustar published a report yesterday which debunks ICANN's study on DNS Collision. They've followed up with a visualisation: Related articles Neustar Analysis Shows ICANN Study Overstates Risk of Harmful Domain-Name Collision (circleid.com) .CLUB offers solution to name collision risks (domainincite.com) … [Read more...] about Neustar Releases Visualisation On New gTLDs and DNS Collision
ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details
ICANN has published details of the process that registrars signing the 2013 RAA will need to follow in order to be granted a waiver. Under the 2013 contract registrars will have to collect and retain a lot more data in relation to their customers, which could be in conflict with national laws governing data protection and data privacy. The process that ICANN has outlined … [Read more...] about ICANN Publish Data Retention Waiver Details
ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked
Under the 2009 RAA ICANN was given a number of new "powers" to wield against registrars that do not comply with the RAA and ICANN policy. One of the new "tools", to borrow Compliance's terminology, is the ability to suspend a registrar. Effectively what this means is that instead of sending warnings (breach notices) and more warnings and then terminating the registrar … [Read more...] about ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked
Humor: ICANN’s New Decision Tree
While the volume of material coming out from the various ICANN parody accounts on Twitter may have dropped considerably in the last few months, some of the content is hilarious. Here's one from @icannlegal - and no, it's definitely NOT ICANN's legal department https://twitter.com/icannlegal/status/378632760430055424 In case the Twitter account gets culled here's the … [Read more...] about Humor: ICANN’s New Decision Tree
Register.com Sent Breach Notice By ICANN
Register.com, which is part of the web.com group of companies, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN's compliance department. The notice, which I'm attaching below, covers a number of issues, including records for some domains, links to specific policies and data escrow. What's a little different with this notice is the angle that ICANN appears to be adopting. While … [Read more...] about Register.com Sent Breach Notice By ICANN
ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW
Over the past year ICANN has been undergoing a period of change. With the appointment of a new CEO any organisation will undergo change, but when you combine that with other factors like the new TLD program, the new contracts for both registrars and registries, changes across the industry and much much more, it's easy to see how the organisation would be forced to … [Read more...] about ICANN Labs Want A Panel At SXSW
ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean
ICANN announced today that they've hired Alexandra Dans as Communications Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms Dans previously worked for LACNIC She's multi-lingual and speaks Spanish, French and English with some Portuguese. With ICANN's next meeting scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires in November filling the gap makes a lot of sense "My first priority … [Read more...] about ICANN Hires Alexandra Dans as Comms Manager For Latin America / Caribbean
Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)
I've written about Google and their "closed generic" applications several times over the last 18 months. I also had the pleasure of being on a discussion panel on the topic at the most recent ICANN meeting in Durban, South Africa. So it's pretty clear where I stand on the issue. So the latest letter to ICANN's board on the subject of Google's proposed changes to their … [Read more...] about Google’s .Cloud Application Coming Under Fire (Again)
ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid
As most observers of ICANN know, there were two applicants for the .africa new TLD. The second applicant, dotConnectAfrica, did not have the broad support that a "geo" TLD would need in order to meet the criteria laid out in the ICANN newTLD application guidebook. Over the past few months dotConnectAfrica have tried every method imaginable, and a few that most wouldn't … [Read more...] about ICANN Puts Final Nail In Coffin of DotConnectAfrica Bid