It took the European Union 4 years of preparation and debate to develop the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and it was finally approved by the EU Parliament in April 2016, then came into being in May 2018. But it’s taken ICANN to this week to get to the stage to enter final negotiations with…
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Jay Daley Selected As First Permanent IETF Executive Director
Jay Daley has joined the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as their first permanent Executive Director, the organisation announced Thursday. In an announcement on the IETF blog, Jason Livingood, IETF Administration Board Chair, writes “Jay brings a broad range of skills and experience to the IETF Executive Director role, including executive, financial, administrative, legal, and…
.NZ Looks To Outsourcing Backend Registry
InternetNZ has begun a process of replacing their backend registry, a process they describe as updating “the technology at the heart of the .nz domain name space.” InternetNZ, the designated manager for the .nz ccTLD, is calling for expressions of interest from potential suppliers by 29 November and is planning to replace the registry with…
Afnic Give the 7 “A”s In Determining A TLD’s Success
A post on the Afnic blog this week is intended to give food for thought on what makes up a successful top-level domain, suggesting one way could be via the 7 As – awareness, amplitude, advantage, access, adoption, activity and affect. For each TLD, the post by Loïc Damilaville notes, there are different metrics. Legacy…
EURid Wins Registry of the Year at 2019 CENTR Awards
The 2019 CENTR Awards were held last week and EURid, the .eu registry, emerged as winner of the 2019 Registry of the Year award, 2 years after they first won the award in 2017. The awards coincided with CENTR’s 20th anniversary celebrations and saw winners from a number of European registries. The Registry of the…