ICANN continues being idiots by still going against Tucows for no reason other to not do anything about GDPR and blame it all on German courts. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) …
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Denmark continues to publish domain name WHOIS records
Everybody is complaining about the Personal Data Regulation (GDPR), where in some cases all personal contact information in WHOIS databases has become hidden. This however will not be the case for Danish domain names (the …
Read More »Morgan Freeman just lost his domain name
Morgan Freeman, the 81 year old American actor, forgot to renew his domain name morganfreeman.com. The domain name expired and now has a new owner. Morgan Freeman lost his domain name because he did not …
Read More »German court denies GDPR injunction against EPAG (Tucows)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) today announced that a German regional court (LG Bonn) has issued a decision on the injunction proceedings ICANN initiated against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar that …
Read More »Welcome to domaining 2.0 – The version where you don’t have any domain ownership records!
Friday, May 25, 2018 was the start of a new, shittier, internet. Welcome to domaining 2.0. The version where you don’t have any domain name ownership records! Yes, that is right. No one knows from …
Read More »Tucows issues statement on ICANN GDPR legal action
On Fraday, May 25 2018, ICANN filed legal action against German registrar, owned by Tucows, about WHOIS data not being collected because of GDPR. Tucows issued yesterday a statement on the ICANN legal action. The …
Read More »ICANN filed legal action against German registrar about WHOIS data (Too stupid, too late.)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) filed on Friday May 25, 2018 (first day of the GDPR enforcement) injunction proceedings against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar that is part of the Tucows …
Read More »DomainCostClub provides domain owners with whois privacy but they can opt-out
DomainCostClub.com has informed me about the changes on whois data visibility after the GDPR enforcement today. The DomainCostClub provides domain name owners with whois privacy but they can opt-out if they want their whois data …
Read More »Here is what .EU is doing about GDPR (more sensible than many other registries)
The .EU registry announced how they are going to treat whois details and what will be publicly published after GDPR goes into full effect today. Their plan is more sensible than many other registries even …
Read More »Epik will hide whois for all EU customers unless they opt-in to no-masking (non-EU customers will not be affected)
Epik announced today important account changes related to European Union GDPR Compliance. Beginning on May 25, whois details for EU customers will all be masked using Anonymize that is the free whois privacy offered by …
Read More »Namesilo makes WHOIS Privacy default for new domain registrations but you can opt-in to disable it
Namesilo is taking some steps to improve the default privacy settings to help customers better protect their personal information but they are also providing opt-in to disabling WHOIS privacy. Namesilo is making these changes as …
Read More »More details on the Mugshots.com case and Sahar Sarid (plus a video)
The arrest warrant for the 4 people (including Sahar Sarid) involved in the Mugshots.com case is circulating the internet and here are a few interesting facts and comments. You can read the first post about the …
Read More »Mugshots.com co-owner Sahar Sarid arrested over extortion charges
Mugshots.com co-owner Sahar Sarid was arrested on Wednesday over extortion, money laundering, and identity theft charges. His bail was set at $1.86 million. The investigation was carried out by the Northern California Computer Crimes Task …
Read More »Hexonet locks all gTLD domains and gives new stronger authorization codes
HEXONET is preparing for the May 25th, 2018 European legislation called General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short) that protects the privacy and personal information of individuals living in the European Union. HEXONET is …
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