Tag: policy

UK IGF

This year’s UK IGF will be held online again. The event will be held over two days October 20th and 21st and registration is now open. The agenda for the 2021 event covers: data protection gender based violence cyber crime environmental issues online safety Full details and registration are on the official site here. Outcomes… Continue reading UK IGF

New Zealand Registry Conducting Major Policy Review

The .nz registry (New Zealand) is currently conducting a very important comprehensive review of its policies. One of the things that I’ve always liked, personally, about the .nz registry is that they’re very good at communicating in fairly plain language what they’re up to and this time is no different. The policy review that they’re… Continue reading New Zealand Registry Conducting Major Policy Review

Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief

Domain industry veteran Kelly Hardy is now Head of Policy for Centralnic’s Registry Services division. The announcement was made at the end of last week and it sounds like she’ll be covering both ICANN’s GNSO, the ccNSO as well as several other Internet governance fora: Kelly will head up CentralNic’s Policy Consultancy, helping both ccTLD… Continue reading Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief

ICANN’s Government Group Wants to Slow Whois Work

Since ICANN woke up to the very large conflicts between its policies and contracts and privacy law there have been some groups that have been pushing for ICANN to find a swift resolution. One of the more vocal among them was the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), which is made up of representative of governments from… Continue reading ICANN’s Government Group Wants to Slow Whois Work

Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes

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 attacks Implementing law enforcement landing pages following suspensions for criminal activity Implementing a .UK drop… Continue reading Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes

IEDR Policy Advisory Committee Election Results

The IEDR’s Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was setup back in 2015. It’s made up of representatives from the registrar channel and various stakeholder groups of Irish business and society including the Irish Internet Association, The ISP Association of Ireland, The Irish Computer Society, the Irish government and others. (See PDF) For the registrars there are… Continue reading IEDR Policy Advisory Committee Election Results

Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections

The .ie ccTLD has had a formal policy development process for the past few years. There’s now a fairly clear process that can be followed to either modify existing policy or to introduce new ones. You can read more about the policy development process IEDR follows here. One of the important parts of the entire… Continue reading Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections

Internet Society Hiring Policy Adviser for Brussels

The Internet Society is advertising a job opening on their policy team. The position, which would be based in Brussels, is as a “Policy Adviser”. Applicants will need to be qualified and experienced with candidates need to tick all the boxes on the the criteria they’ve provided: Master-level qualification in International Relations, public policy, political… Continue reading Internet Society Hiring Policy Adviser for Brussels

IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date

The .ie ccTLD, which is the country code domain name for Ireland has long had very restrictive policies governing registration. Even if you were Irish or had a business based in Ireland registering a domain name in the local country code extension wasn’t straightforward – at least not compared to the ease with which you… Continue reading IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date

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