Crosswordpuzzles.com was the biggest sale of the week, but there were 4 others that made the six-figure mark in the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 22 April. Topping the six-figure quintuplets, crosswordpuzzles.com sold for $249,980, followed by presto.com ($150,000), emx.com ($120,000) and hosts.com ($100,000) ,all sold through Uniregistry,…
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ICANN Board Adopts the FY19 Operating Plan and Budget
On 30 May 2018, the Board of Directors of ICANN adopted ICANN‘s FY19 Operating Plan and Budget, and updates to the Five-Year Operating Plan. Under ICANN‘s post-IANA Stewardship Transition Bylaws, the Empowered Community has the faculty to review, consider, or reject these documents before they go into effect. ICANN‘s FY19 Operating Plan and Budget and…
DENIC Restricts Publicly Available Registrant Data Following GDPR Introduction
DENIC have introduced significant changes to the publicly available data available through Whois requests for .de domain names that will see registrant data drastically restricted and only available to law enforcement bodies as a result of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that came into effect on 25 May. The changes in data…
ICANN: Deadline Extension: Request for Proposal for ccNSO Review
ICANN has extended its deadline for applicants to respond to its request for proposal for (RFP) for a provider to conduct an independent assessment of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). The new deadline is Monday 4 June 2018, 16:00 UTC. The objective of this RFP is to identify an independent examiner that can…
ICANN: Register Now: Pre-ICANN62 Policy Webinar – 12 June
The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two webinar sessions to assist with the community’s preparations for the ICANN62 Policy Forum: Pre-ICANN62 Policy WebinarTuesday, 12 June 201810:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation. The presentation materials will be translated into Spanish, and posted…