Whois – Why the hell is this so bloody complicated?
When I attended my first ICANN meeting back in 2007 things were very different to now. The meetings were a ...
ICANN Abu Dhabi is Going to be Mostly About GDPR
Tomorrow I'll be heading off to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Much as I'd love to be escaping ...
Extending Whois Privacy
We've been offering "whois privacy" with .com and .net domain names for several years. We have now extended the service ...
Heading to South Africa for ICANN 59: A Quick Preview
I’ll be spending the better part of 24 hours travelling from Ireland to South Africa this week. While I do ...
Off to Hyderabad for ICANN 57. What’s on the Menu?
I'll be heading to Hyderabad, India on Tuesday for the ICANN meeting which is being held there. As usual the ...
Talking Whois, New TLDs & IANA Transition
Last week I had a chat with Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire for his podcast. Domain Name Wire is ...
Maintaining Balance And Privacy
We are strong believers in the right to privacy. It's not an afterthought and as I've said in the past, ...
ICANN 53 Buenos Aires Quick Preview
I'm off to Buenos Aires tomorrow for the 53rd ICANN public meeting. Although the meeting doesn't "officially" start until Monday ...
Speak Out On Whois Privacy
Privacy, both online and offline, are important concepts. Privacy also goes hand in hand with security. Security and privacy. Two ...
When Whois Policy and Local Law Collide ..
I've written quite a bit about privacy and the implications that various rules and policies can have on it in ...
Rebooting Whois
As regular readers probably know, I spend quite a bit of my time working on Internet policy related matters. Some ...
Press Release: Irish registrar says New RAA is a step in the right direction
Following up on my blog post from earlier we just sent this out to the media: Blacknight Announce New ICANN ...
