Nominet suspends 32,000 .Uk domains in a crackdown on criminal use

Responsible for running and keeping the .UK internet infrastructure secure, Nominet has today given an update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2018. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being used for criminal activity. The criminality report …

Nominet suspends 16,000 .UK domains for criminal activity after alerts from Police

Nominet has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2017. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being used for criminal activity. The criminality report shows that the number of .UK domains suspended between 1 November …

Nominet sets June 2014 for .uk Launch

UK internet registry company Nominet has announced that .uk domain names will be available from June 10 2014. The .uk domain Top Level Domain (TLD) will be offered in addition to similar domain TLDs such as .co.uk and .org.uk. At present, .co.uk is aimed at British businesses, while .org.uk is predominantly for non-commercial organisations whose …

Nominet reconsiders second level .uk domains

New plan gives rights to existing domain registrants and offers lower pricing. Nominet, the registry behind the .uk namespace for the United Kingdom, has put forth a new plan to offer second level domains to the public. Currently, registrations are only available at the third level. The group’s previous proposal to offer domains such as …

Nominet proposes .uk Internet domain

Nominet has proposed plans to offer shorter Internet domain names with extra security features to UK-based companies. The proposal would allow businesses to register www.name.uk as their web address, and run it alongside their existing www.name.co.uk one. However, applicants would have to pay a higher charge and provide proof of their UK presence.Read more: