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About Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

What’s Going on With the Belgian Domain Market?

What’s Going on With the Belgian Domain Market?

By Michele Neylon|2018-06-27T10:39:04+01:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains|Tags: belgian, Belgium, cctlds, domains, statistics|

Here at Blacknight we are directly accredited to offer a lot of domain name extensions, both country code names, as ...

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Increasing Transparency

Increasing Transparency

By Michele Neylon|2018-06-14T10:49:36+01:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Policy|Tags: abuse, due process, notices, privacy, transparency|

I've always been a strong believer in being honest and transparent with our clients. Lying to them or misleading them, ...

Just in Case you Missed the Hundreds of Emails – GDPR is Here!

Just in Case you Missed the Hundreds of Emails – GDPR is Here!

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-25T11:31:16+01:00May 25th, 2018|Categories: Policy|Tags: domains, GDPR, policies, privacy, whois|

At midnight last night Brussels time, 11pm Irish time, the General Data Protection Regulation came into force. However for the ...

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Some Changes for GDPR Compliance

Some Changes for GDPR Compliance

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-24T06:36:49+01:00May 24th, 2018|Categories: Policy|Tags: domains, GDPR, icann, privacy, whois|

GDPR comes into force this Friday, so it's time for us to give another small update on what we've been ...

Public WHOIS in a GDPR World

Public WHOIS in a GDPR World

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-11T08:28:31+01:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Domains, Policy|Tags: GDPR, internet policy, policy, privacy, whois|

Come May 25th the General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR will be in force and many companies will have made ...

Canada Bound for ICANN GDD Summit and RightsCon

Canada Bound for ICANN GDD Summit and RightsCon

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-10T15:25:05+01:00May 10th, 2018|Categories: Events|Tags: canada, domains, events, hosting, icann, Toronto, vancouver|

I'll be attending events in Canada next week. The first part of the week will be devoted to ICANN related ...

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The Obligatory GDPR Update

The Obligatory GDPR Update

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-09T11:47:39+01:00May 9th, 2018|Categories: Legal Issues, Policy|Tags: data retention, GDPR, policy, privacy|

On May 25th 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into full force. Unless you've been hiding under ...

The Secure Domain For Apps is Here!

The Secure Domain For Apps is Here!

By Michele Neylon|2018-05-09T11:23:50+01:00May 9th, 2018|Categories: Domains, Security|Tags: app, applications, domains, dotapp, google, mobile, registry, security|

Over the past couple of years hundreds of new domain name extensions have been made available to businesses and individuals ...

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Got a Co.uk Domain? Nominet Plans Changes to Whois and Policies for GDPR

Got a Co.uk Domain? Nominet Plans Changes to Whois and Policies for GDPR

By Michele Neylon|2018-04-25T15:25:19+01:00April 25th, 2018|Categories: Domains, Nominet, Policy|Tags: co.uk, GDPR, nominet, uk domains|

The co.uk domain name registry Nominet recently held a public consultation on how they were planning on dealing with GDPR. ...

Upcoming Changes to IE Domain Whois and Related Policies for GDPR

Upcoming Changes to IE Domain Whois and Related Policies for GDPR

By Michele Neylon|2018-04-23T12:39:05+01:00April 23rd, 2018|Categories: IEDR, Policy|Tags: GDPR, ie, privacy, whois|

As you probably know by now the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force on May 25th. In light ...

Talking Cybercrime at Baltic Domain Days Riga

Talking Cybercrime at Baltic Domain Days Riga

By Michele Neylon|2018-04-16T14:58:59+01:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Events|Tags: conference, DNS abuse, domains, events, Latvia, Riga|

This week I'll be heading over to Riga in Latvia to attend and speak at the first edition of the ...

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Game Over for Public Whois? Article 29 Gives ICANN the Advice it Asked for

Game Over for Public Whois? Article 29 Gives ICANN the Advice it Asked for

By Michele Neylon|2018-04-13T17:16:54+01:00April 13th, 2018|Categories: ICANN, Policy|Tags: domains, GDPR, icann, judge dredd, privacy, whois|

We've talked about the conflicts between our ICANN contract and privacy law in the past. Not once, not twice, but ...

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