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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) announced that a German appeal court (Appellate Court of Cologne) has issued a decision on the injunction proceedings ICANN initiated against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar …

The madness continues… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was informed yesterday that the Regional Court in Bonn, Germany, has decided to refer to the Higher Regional Court in Cologne, Germany, the …

Nominet, the .UK registry, released the 2017 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). A total of 712 complaints relating to 783 domains, which represents just 0.0065% of the domain names …

Tucows and Enom (owned by Tucows) gave some more details on how their gated whois will work after GDPR. Tucows claims that they will ensure that only those with a legitimate interest are given access …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …