McDonalds has joined a host of companies that had applied for their .brand top level domain names and later have decided it’s not worth the expense or effort. “The restaurant chain applied to run the .McDonalds and .MCD top level domain names, but it recently sent termination notices (pdf) to domain name overseer ICANN voluntarily …
A Congressional hearing called “Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet’s Operation” has been scheduled by the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet It will take place in Washington DC next Wednesday, May 13. The announcement has however not listed any …
Private data entered into the ICANN portals for new gTLD applicants and the GDD (Global Domains Division) was viewable in at least 36 log in sessions since April 2013, according to an ICANN statement issued on Thursday. “The results of the investigation currently indicate that the portal users were able to view data that was …
As published on CircleID The IRP Panel that was tasked with deciding the Booking.com vs. ICANN IRP that was filed regarding the application for the .hotels new gTLD name has made a decision that seems favorable to ICANN as the Defendant. However, this is not a victory for ICANN but an indictment of the ICANN …
ICANN has announced that it temporarily took its New gTLD Applicant and GDD portals offline on 27 February 2015 to investigate a reported security issue. This week’s announcement also follows on the heels of a spear-phishing attack in December where a number of ICANN’s systems were compromised including the Centralized Zone Data System (CZDS) – …
From the The Reporter Ethiopia DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust has written to the new AU leadership raising ethical and accountability issues on how the endorsement process was handled from its inception within the African Union institution. In the letter dated August 2, 2013 the Company asks the AU leadership to “review and investigate the role that …