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Domain Registry Of America Suspended By ICANN

July 19, 2014 by Michele Neylon

ICANN has suspended Domain Registry of America aka Brandon Gray Internet Services aka NameJuice. The registrar is forbidden from registering any new domain names or accepting any inbound transfers until 17 October 2014. The announcement was posted on the ICANN website earlier this evening and will probably be welcomed in many circles. What happened exactly? ICANN … [Read more...] about Domain Registry Of America Suspended By ICANN

European Data Protection Supervisor Smacks ICANN Over Privacy Issues With 2013 RAA

April 18, 2014 by Michele Neylon

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 data retention directive null and … [Read more...] about European Data Protection Supervisor Smacks ICANN Over Privacy Issues With 2013 RAA

ICANN Suspends Registrar ALL New Registrations & Transfers Blocked

September 13, 2013 by Michele Neylon

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

Chinese Registrar Not Escrowing Data Correctly

August 12, 2013 by Michele Neylon

ICANN's compliance team have been quite busy so far this year. In one of their most recently published breach notices against Chinese registrar Xin Net is getting "slapped" for "Repeated failure to escrow gTLD registration data pursuant to Section 3.6 of the RAA" Unlike other compliance actions where the registrar in question simply has not escrowed data, the case of Xin … [Read more...] about Chinese Registrar Not Escrowing Data Correctly

Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements

July 4, 2013 by Michele Neylon

The 2013 RAA was approved by ICANN's board of directors less than a week ago. The new contract introduces a number of new obligations on ICANN accredited registrars, among them are several related to data validation, verification and retention. The Article 29 Working Party, however, has written to ICANN and made it very clear that it views these requirements to be … [Read more...] about Article 29 Working Party To ICANN – EU Registrars Exempt From Data Retention Requirements

ICANN Board Set To Approve New RAA

June 21, 2013 by Michele Neylon

ICANN's board of directors is set to approve the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a "special" board meeting at the end of the month The board meeting agenda for their 27th June meeting includes several "consent" items, but tucked the main agenda items include the 2013 RAA. If the board votes to approve it at the upcoming meeting then I suspect registrars … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Set To Approve New RAA

ICANN Publish 2013 For Comment

April 23, 2013 by Michele Neylon

Following on from talks during the ICANN public meeting in Beijing the final text of the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement has been published for comment Full details here   … [Read more...] about ICANN Publish 2013 For Comment

Registrar Negotiating Team Issues Statement On RAA

March 8, 2013 by Michele Neylon

Last night ICANN published a version of the RAA and related documents for public comment. While the Registrar Stakeholder Group's negotiating team (RrSG NT)  have been in talks on and off with ICANN staff for the last 18 months the publication of the documents at this time is felt to be premature by the RrSG NT. Here's the official statement: Registrar Stakeholder Group … [Read more...] about Registrar Negotiating Team Issues Statement On RAA

Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP

October 5, 2012 by Michele Neylon

The US Department of Commerce's Larry Strickling has written to ICANN again. This time it's about new TLDs, the RAA, law enforcement and trademark protections in new TLDs. By the tone and choice of words it sounds like the US Department of Commerce either assumes that ICANN will be able to force registrars to agree to the LEA demands or is happy with the concessions … [Read more...] about Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP

Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations

June 21, 2012 by Michele Neylon

The Registrar Stakeholder Group has issued a statement on the RAA negotiations this evening. This is in response to the text and documents released by ICANN a couple of weeks ago. Statement from the Registrar Stakeholder Group The Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) would like to provide this statement regarding the current status of RAA negotiations and the update posted on … [Read more...] about Registrar Stakeholder Group Issues Statement on RAA Negotiations

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