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EURid’s .eu top-level domain has hit a six-year low in terms of total registrations, and Brexit is to blame. The registry has just announced that it had 3,684,750 domains under management at the end of 2018, down 63,129 domains compared to the 3,...
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February 4, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
European Union citizens living in the UK could find their .eu domain names shut off in the next few months, EURid has said. In a just-published update to its Brexit guidance, the registry has told Brits that they stand to lose their domains on May 30, ...
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January 25, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Policy, eurid
British .eu registrants have been urged to consider another top-level domain or seek legal advice due to the risk of losing their names if a no-deal Brexit happens. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued guidance shortly before Christmas, e...
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January 3, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Policy, eurid
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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December 10, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Domain Registries, eurid
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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June 28, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, .ею, cyrillic, Domain Registries, eurid
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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May 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, article 29 working party, Domain Policy, gdpr, rdap, wp29
Hopes that Whois records will continue to be available to broad sections of the internet community appeared dashed this week as European data protection heads ripped holes in ICANN’s plan for the industry to comply with the General Data Protectio...
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April 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, article 29 working party, Domain Policy, gdpr, wp29
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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March 29, 2018 Andrew Allemann
.eu, Brexit, Policy & Law, United Kingdom
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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January 11, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Domain Services, gdpr
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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December 29, 2017 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Domain Policy, gdpr, hamilton