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ICANN Finally Approves Temporary Speci...
It was adopted on 14 April 2016 and after a 2-year transition period it becomes enforceable on 25 May 2018. Yet despite this timeframe, ICANN only approved a Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation on 17 May, with a draft published on 11 May. But it only gives registries and registrars 7 days to finalise and implement changes to their systems, or 14 days if they started when the draft w
ICANN Consults on Plan to Allow Verisi...
Following getting the approval of the Justice Department to release the o.com, ICANN is now consulting on the best method to auction off the domain name. It's possible that following the consultation other single letter .com domain names will be released, of which only 3 have previously been released. The process comes about after the .com registry Verisign submitted a request to release for registration o.com. ICANN reviewed Verisign's proposal and determined it doe
Public Interest Registry joins the Int...
Public Interest Registry has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as a Member, in a move which reinforces its commitment to protecting billions of internet users and the child victims of disturbing sexual abuse images and videos. As the operator of .org, .ngo and .ong domain names, Public Interest Registry has over 10 million domains under management globally. By joining the IWF, Public Interest Registry is helping to further prevent the spread of child sexual abuse
Within Europe ccTLDs Make Up 3 in 5 Do...
Globally ccTLDs make up 44% of all domain names under management, a figure that has changed little in recent years, but within Europe the figure is 59% according to the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q1/2018 published Friday. The difference would largely be explained by .com's dominance in the United States. Globally, registrations grew by 1.4% in the year to the end of March bringing the total registrations to 333 million. In Europe, CENTR estimates around 30% (around
Kaboom .APP Surges Past 100000 Within ...
Google's .app has caught the imagination of registrants with close to 125,000 registrations after 2 days of general availability. It is likely it already had the largest number of registrations prior to GA, around 17,000, and it's initial GA launch is likely the largest of any of the new gTLDs. The .app new generic top level domain is the fourth of Google's open TLDs to launch, and easily the largest. The others are .how, currently with 2,024 domain names registered,
CIRA partners with Akamai to enhance c...
Today, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced it has signed an agreement with Akamai Technologies to license Akamai's DNS security-enabling solutions to power D-Zone DNS Firewall. This partnership, which builds upon the previous agreement between CIRA and Nominum (acquired by Akamai in 2017), will allow CIRA to continue to expand its leadership position in DNS-based cybersecurity solutions in Canada, and also provides Akamai the opportunity to