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.eu domains to be sold to non-residents

In a few years, you’ll no longer than to live in the European Union in order to buy a .eu domain name. Residency requirements are to be dropped under new regulations approved by the European Parliament, Council and European Commission last week. ...
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.eu, Domain Registries, eurid

All Cyrillic .eu domains to be deleted

Eurid has announced that Cyrillic domain names in .eu will be deleted a year from now. The registry said that it’s doing so to comply with the “no script mixing” recommendations for internationalized domain names, which are designed t...
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.eu, .ею, cyrillic, Domain Registries, eurid

ICANN approves messy, unfinished Whois policy

With a week left on the GDPR compliance clock, ICANN has formally approved a new Whois policy that will hit all gTLD registries and registrars next Friday. The Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data represents the first time in its history ...
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.eu, article 29 working party, Domain Policy, gdpr, rdap, wp29 .eu, article 29 working party, Domain Policy, gdpr, wp29

UK residents might lose their .EU domain names thanks to Brexit

European Commission says United Kingdom registrants will not be able to renew their domains after Brexit is completed. Last year a DNW Podcast listener asked me what Brexit would mean for people in the UK. At the time, it was unclear. It’s looking more and more likely that they will lose their domain names because […]

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.eu, Brexit, Policy & Law, United Kingdom

Big changes at DomainTools as privacy law looms

Regular users of DomainTools should expect significant changes to their service, possibly unwelcome, as the impact of incoming European Union privacy law begins to be felt. Professional users such as domain investors are most likely to be impacted by t...
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.eu, Domain Services, gdpr

How Whois could survive new EU privacy law

Reports of the death of Whois may have been greatly exaggerated. Lawyers for ICANN reckon the current public system “could continue to exist in some form” after new European Union privacy laws kick in next May, according to advice published...
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.eu, Domain Policy, gdpr, hamilton

ICANN: tell us how you will break Whois rules

ICANN has invited registrars and registries to formally describe how they plan to break the current rules governing Whois in order to come into compliance with European Union law. The organization today published a set of guidelines for companies to su...
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ICANN chief tells industry to lawyer up as privacy law looms

The domain name industry should not rely on ICANN to protect it from incoming EU privacy law. That’s the strong message that came out of ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi last week, with the organization’s CEO repeatedly advising companies to seek their own legal advice on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. The organization […]
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.eu, .frl, Domain Services, gdpr, hamilton, icann 69, rdap, rds