Group of country code operators questions the EU's study of DNS abuse. Yesterday, I wrote about the ICANN Business Constituency's response to the European Union's study on DNS Abuse. Today, we heard from European country code domain operators, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is a Whois privacy service an alter ego of the registrar?
· Policy & LawDomain registrars might be too tight with their privacy services, which could create legal headaches. For years, domain name registrars have set up separate legal entities for their Whois privacy services. They did this to comply with ICANN rules ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Tucows offers “Whois Publicity” for domain names
· Domain RegistrarsCustomers can now publish their information in Whois. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) has started allowing customers on its Enom and OpenSRS platforms to display their information publicly in Whois—as long as their reseller enables it. Called "Whois ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A Post-GDPR model for domain name investors
· Policy & LawA model that might make domain investing easier under GDPR. A lot of processes domain investors and marketplaces use have become challenging thanks to the European Unions General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Most of this has to do with ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Uniregistry makes Whois opt-in
· Domain RegistrarsNew Cayman Islands law forces Uniregistry to change Whois policy. Domain name registrar Uniregistry is making the publication of Whois data opt-in for registrants. The move is in response to a new Cayman Islands Data Protection Law. Think of it as ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Year in Review: GDPR
· Policy & LawGDPR walloped the domain industry in 2018. [Editor's note: this is the first in a series of articles covering the top stories of 2018. Many of the top posts this year are related, so I combined them into the top themes of the year.] The top ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Practical Implications of GDPR so far
· UncategorizedIt's been tough adjusting to less Whois data. It's been about 6 months since the European Unions General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect and many registrars obscured Whois records as a result. Here are some of the practical ... Continue Reading17 Comments
AppDetex raises another Whois stir, Tucows responds
· Domain RegistrarsBrand protection company claims registrars aren't cooperating, but there are two sides to the story. Tucows CEO Elliot Noss has responded to claims made by brand protection company AppDetex over access to Whois data. AppDetex has raised concerns ... Continue Reading2 Comments
NTIA provides first semiannual report to Congress about ICANN
· Policy & LawReport explains what NTIA is doing about GDPR/Whois. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has submitted its first report (pdf) to Congress about adopted ICANN policies. Congress required NTIA to start providing a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How GDPR is impacting Whois in the European Union
· Policy & LawCENTR releases data on how ccTLD managers are treating Whois under GDPR. The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had a big impact on the domain name business, particularly with the display of domain ownership information in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
