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Are You Prepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation?

Are You Prepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation?

By David Goldstein|2017-06-02T14:09:36+01:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Business, eCommerce, Policy|Tags: Brussels, Data Protection Commissioner, europe, European Commission, european union, ireland, policy regulation, privacy|

Its enforcement date in all EU member states is 25 May 2018, less than 12 months away, after which any ...

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Why I’m Spending This Week in Washington DC

Why I’m Spending This Week in Washington DC

By Michele Neylon|2017-05-01T21:36:48+01:00May 1st, 2017|Categories: Policy|Tags: Capitol Hill, D.C., DC, United States, Washington|

Blacknight, as you know, is a 100% Irish owned and operated company. It's something we're proud of and one of ...

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Off to Hyderabad for ICANN 57. What’s on the Menu?

Off to Hyderabad for ICANN 57. What’s on the Menu?

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:10:27+00:00October 30th, 2016|Categories: Events, ICANN, Policy|Tags: dns, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, Hyderabad, icann, India, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Top-level domain, whois|

I'll be heading to Hyderabad, India on Tuesday for the ICANN meeting which is being held there. As usual the ...

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A New Dawn for the Internet. The IANA Transition Proceeds and the World Hasn’t Ended.

A New Dawn for the Internet. The IANA Transition Proceeds and the World Hasn’t Ended.

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:12:09+00:00October 1st, 2016|Categories: ICANN, Policy|Tags: dns, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|

At midnight last night a new era in the evolution of the Internet was ushered in. As of midnight EST ...

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Countdown To IANA Transition Is Not The Countdown To Doomsday

Countdown To IANA Transition Is Not The Countdown To Doomsday

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:13:33+00:00September 1st, 2016|Categories: Policy|Tags: Domain name, Domain Name System, Federal government of the United States, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IP Address, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States, United States Department of Commerce|

I've mentioned the IANA transition here several times over the last year or so. Personally I'd love to not have ...

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Facebook is Celebrating Internaut Day – Should We?

Facebook is Celebrating Internaut Day – Should We?

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:15:07+00:00August 23rd, 2016|Categories: General, Policy, Social Media, W3C, WordPress|Tags: CERN, Digital Trends, facebook, Hossein Derakhshan, HTML, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Instagram, internet, NeXT Computer, Tim Berners-Lee, Twitter, World Wide Web, WorldWideWeb, WWW|

We've already celebrated the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. On 12 March 1989 Tim Berners-Lee submitted his original proposal ...

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IEDR Wants YOUR Input! Should An Aftermarket For IE Domains Be Allowed?

IEDR Wants YOUR Input! Should An Aftermarket For IE Domains Be Allowed?

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:16:55+00:00July 18th, 2016|Categories: Aftermarket, IEDR, Policy|Tags: aftermarket, cctld, Country code, Domain name, Domain Name System, ie, Intellectual property, ireland, irish, Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, World Intellectual Property Organization|

Over the past year or so I've been involved with the IEDR's Policy Advisory Committee along with representatives from other registrars, ...

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The IANA Transition Cannot Be Held Hostage

The IANA Transition Cannot Be Held Hostage

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:18:10+00:00June 9th, 2016|Categories: Policy|Tags: Domain name, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States, United States Department of Commerce|

Back in March 2014 the US government, via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is part of the US Department ...

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ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government

ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:25:00+00:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: ICANN, Policy|Tags: Fadi Chehadé, Federal government of the United States, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|

For the past two years ICANN and the broader internet community have been working towards one goal: removing the special ...

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ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech

ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech

By Michele Neylon|2016-03-02T17:46:01+00:00March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Domains, Events, Policy|Tags: Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain Name System, icann, Intellectual property, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Engineering Task Force, Marrakesh|

As you may know, ICANN holds three public meetings every year. The most recent one, ICANN 54, was held in ...

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Lack Of Safe Harbor Could Hurt

Lack Of Safe Harbor Could Hurt

By Michele Neylon|2016-02-02T19:59:35+00:00February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Legal Issues, Policy|Tags: Andrus Ansip, Data Protection Directive, Data transmission, europe, European Commission, European Parliament, european union, Information privacy, Personally identifiable information, United States|

If you have an even passing interest in privacy you'll probably be aware that "Safe Harbor" is dead. Safe Harbor ...

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Talking Whois, New TLDs & IANA Transition

Talking Whois, New TLDs & IANA Transition

By Michele Neylon|2015-12-08T10:07:12+00:00December 8th, 2015|Categories: Business, Domains, Policy|Tags: business, Domain name, Domain Name System, icann, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, marketing, new TLDs, Top-level domain, whois|

Last week I had a chat with Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire for his podcast. Domain Name Wire is ...

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