Tag Archives: 2013 raa

Tue 24th June 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Over 800,000 domain names dangling due to 2013 RAA - Verification requirement ensnares hundreds of thousands of domain names. One of the requirements for domain name registrars under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement is that they must verify the contact details of registrants. Most registrars are fulfilling this requirement by sending an email to registrants asking them to click a link to confirm. Registrars must suspend domain names if owners don’t verify their information. We’ve had one-off examples of ... read more ...
Tue 1st April 2014
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Major email providers restraint some RAA corroboration emails - Blocking could lead to website suspensions. Beginning January 1st domain name registrars are required by the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) to verify contact details for registrants. Most registrars do this by sending an email to domain registrants and asking them to click a link in the email. For the registrant fails to do this, their domain names can be suspended. This has resulted in at least one high profile website being suspended, and more will ... read more ...
Mon 27th January 2014
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ICANN creates swell on information influence waivers for domain name registrars - ICANN posts its first preliminary determination on a data retention waiver. ICANN published today the first preliminary determination on a registrar’s request to change the data retention requirements in the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). The 2013 RAA requires registrars to keep certain information about their customers even after the customer takes its business elsewhere or lets a domain name expire. Some registrars balked at this requirement, arguing ... read more ...
Tue 21st January 2014
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Big company’s website dangling interjection to 2013 RAA - Sports site suspended because someone didn’t click on a confirmation email. It’s not exactly Amazon.com, but a website belonging to a large company has been suspended thanks to a whois verification snafu. Fixtures365.com, a sports betting site, has been suspended because the owner did not respond to a verification email. As of January 1, domain name registrars operating under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement must suspend sites when they cannot verify ... read more ...
Sat 4th January 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Owner Alert: Whois corroboration phishing scams have already begun - New RAA requirement to verify your contact information is great news to scammers. Effective January 1, any domain name registrar that has signed on to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (that includes all of the big registrars) must verify certain aspects of whois contact information. The registrars must verify this by phone or email. Email will be the most popular method because it’s cheaper. Law enforcement agencies asked for this as a way to reduce bogus ... read more ...
Thu 26th December 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
2013 Top Stories: a 2013 RAA - A new Registrar Accreditation Agreement is finalized and signed by many registrars. 2013 saw the finalization of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is the contract between ICANN and domain name registrars that offer domain names to the public. It’s the first major update since 2009. This new agreement has major implications for everyone who touches the domain name industry, not just for registrars and domainers. It will affect every person who ... read more ...
Mon 15th July 2013
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First 5 domain name registrars pointer 2013 RAA - Five domain name registrars, including GoDaddy, signed the new registrar accreditation agreement today. Five domain name registrars signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a signing ceremony at ICANN’s meeting in Durban today. The group was headlined by GoDaddy, which registers about half of all new domain names. The 2013 RAA places significant new requirements on domain registrars, including validating registrant information and retaining ... read more ...
Fri 5th July 2013
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Article 29 Working Party hurdles new RAA information influence requirements - Group provides a blanket statement for registrars wishing to get a waiver for data retention under new registrar agreement. The Article 29 Working Party has lent a helping hand to EU registrars (and potentially others) concerned about data retention requirements in the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). There are a number of requirements to retain data in the 2013 RAA approved last week, ranging from the IP address of domain registrants to their credit ... read more ...
Fri 28th June 2013
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New RAA ushers in large changes (and demands) on domain name registrars - Developers at domain name registrars will be working overtime this fall. ICANN announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement. It’s the conclusion of a long and contentious process that has resulted in arguably the most sweeping changes ever in the contract that governs the relationship between ICANN and domain name registrars. I’ve written previously about the impact this will have on domain registrants. Yet ... read more ...