CoCCA will be updating its backend registry software to enable its registry partners to be GDPR-compliant in time for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that comes into…
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More online child sexual abuse imagery is being found online than ever before, and more domain names than ever before are being used to host images and videos of children…
The $1.2 million sale of super.com rocketed it to the top of year-to-date domain name sales. In a week where Name Jet and RightOfTheDot released sales that have now closed…
auDA has been put on notice that it needs to reform or its gone following an Australian government review into its operations. The report has found “urgent reforms are necessary”….
Either auDA has been hacked or there has been a deliberate leaking of a confidential report by the senior echelons at the .au policy and regulatory body. If it’s the…
ICANN today announced that it has received a letter from the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) [PDF, 400 KB] that provides guidance on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation…
Donuts yesterday announced what is believed to be the largest ever sale of a new gTLD domain name with the sale of the “platinum” vacation.rentals for $500,300.
Total registrations of .eu and .ею domain names grew by a modest 52,085 to 3,815,055 from 3,762,970 in 2017 according to EURid’s 2017 annual report released this week, while the…
ICANN announced that the organization’s response to the public comments received in the Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget has been moved from 12 April to 24 April. This will…
We launched the Accountability Indicators seven months ago demonstrating ICANN Organization’s continuing commitment to improve accountability and transparency. It is a dynamic and by exploring various dimensions of our…
In an inflammatory email Tuesday night, auDA Chair Chris Leptos sent out an email boasting of his achievements while including a threat to all former Board members that they may…
There were 2 6-figure sales topping the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 18 February, with inspection.com topping the chart in a huge $335,000…
The latest registry to announce how they plan to deal with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation is DNS Belgium who have announced that for individuals, all registrant data…
There are over 332 million domain names registered globally, and over 146 million in the .com and .net top level domains. And sometimes keywords used in registrations can reflect trends…
The number of cybersquatting cases handled by WIPO jumped to an all time high the organisation has announced, as trademark owners filed an all-time high of 3,074 WIPO cases under…