ICANN Appoints 4th New gTLD Data Escrow Agent

Beilong Zedata (Beijing) Data Technology Co., Ltd has been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD Registry Operators.

All new gTLD Registry Operators are required to regularly deposit a backup copy of their TLD registration data through one of the approved data escrow service providers. The data held in escrow may be released to ICANN under certain circumstances in order to preserve the stability of the TLD in case of an emergency.

ICANN encourages applicants to engage with one of the approved data escrow providers in preparation for Specification 2, Part B.1, of the Registry Agreement.

The other 3 approved providers are:

• Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc.

• NCC Group

• China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)