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Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes

October 9, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has opened a public consultation period on a number of potential policy changes. There are three specific policy proposals that they are soliciting feedback on: Reducing the use of .UK domain names for phishing attacksImplementing law enforcement landing pages following suspensions for criminal activityImplementing a .UK drop list to … [Read more...] about Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes

Nominet and Brexit

September 13, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Nominet, the .uk domain registry, is well aware of the possible implications of Brexit. Earlier today they sent out a reminder email to registrars to underline the options: In the case of a "no deal" BrexitIn the case of Brexit with a deal, but without specific provisions covering the transfer of personal data Essentially if the worst comes to happen then they will … [Read more...] about Nominet and Brexit

Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release

July 10, 2019 by Michele Neylon

When Nominet decided to offer "direct' registrations under .uk they made the decision to reserve the right of registration (ROR) for existing *.uk registrants for a 5 year period. What that meant was that if you had johndoe.co.uk then you had first call on johndoe.uk and you had the right to exercise that "call" for 5 years. Personally while I liked the idea of the "right of … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release

Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open

May 27, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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Nominet's non-executive directors elections are kicking off. This year the election is for one NED for a 3 year term. There are 4 elected non-executive directors serving on the Nominet Board, with only one whose term expires this cycle: Kelly SalterJames BladelVolker Greimann (term expires this cycle and he can stand for another term)David Thornton Full details on the … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open

Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

May 16, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they're switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There's also a blog post that's public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn't been announced. Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry service provider. … [Read more...] about Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry

UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th

March 27, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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It's been nearly 5 years since Nominet introduced direct domain registrations in .uk. The introduction of .uk was very contentious as I wrote at the time. As part of the rollout the registry decided to give registrants of pre-existing .co.uk domains a pre-emptive right to the equivalent .uk domain name. While other country code registries, such as .nz, opted for shorter … [Read more...] about UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th

Nominet Announces Board Election Results

July 17, 2018 by Michele Neylon

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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 first term. As usual the turnout for the election … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Board Election Results

Nominet Non-Executive Elections Nominations Open

May 28, 2018 by Michele Neylon

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This year Nominet's non-executive director elections are for two seats. David Thornton can be re-elected for at least another term and I gather that he is planning on running again this year. Dickie Armour has been a non-executive director of Nominet for several years and is not planning on running for another term this year. As always the voting thresholds will be … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Executive Elections Nominations Open

Nominet GDPR Consultation Closes Tomorrow

April 3, 2018 by Michele Neylon

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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 current consultation they're also using it as an opportunity to make a few … [Read more...] about Nominet GDPR Consultation Closes Tomorrow

Kelly Salter Elected to Nominet Board

April 26, 2017 by Michele Neylon

The Nominet elections for a non-executive board member has concluded. Kelly Salter was elected and will serve on the Nominet board. The other votes, including the slightly controversial one to expand the board, yet exclude members will be voted on during the Nominet AGM tomorrow. The election results are broken down in the PDF … [Read more...] about Kelly Salter Elected to Nominet Board

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