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		<title> US Government to ICANN - Move Quickly (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Redl has written to ICANN in relation to the ongoing work around whois and GDPR. The letter, which was shared with the GNSO Council last night, is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it offers the carrot in relation to what's been done so far, but then there's the not so veiled threat, which isn't a revelation by any means, of "domestic legislation." <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190406_us_government_to_icann_move_quickly">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> EURid Pauses Brexit Plans (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20190322_eurid_pauses_brexit_plans</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When the UK announced its intention to withdraw from the European Union it was clear to some of us that this would cause complications with .eu and possibly other domain name extensions. Over the past year, it's become clear that the European Commission, who mandate the .eu domain name policy, weren't interested in providing a "soft landing" for impacted registrants of .eu domain names. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190322_eurid_pauses_brexit_plans">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN Terminates AlpNames (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AlpNames has been sent a notice of termination by ICANN. Unlike many termination notices that specify a future date, the one they were sent has an immediate effect. As reported in multiple fora over the last few days AlpNames had gone offline, and at time of writing still is. They've also become unresponsive. It's on the basis of this that ICANN decided to terminate their contract straight away. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190315_icann_terminates_alpnames">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> EURid Updates Post-Brexit (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brexit will impact many things. One that has not been getting much attention, however, is domain names and more specifically .eu domains. Under the current regulations, you need to be a resident of the European Union to register a .eu domain name. As I covered in a blog post last year, there is the potential for hundreds of thousand of .eu domain names being pulled overnight. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20190124_eurid_updates_post_brexit">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Internet Watch Foundation Uses Hashes to Block Child Abuse Material (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20181031_internet_watch_foundation_hashes_to_block_child_abuse_material</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week during the ICANN meeting in Barcelona I attended a short presentation from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Their mission is pretty simple: ...eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online. Fortunately, the presentation I was at did not include any of the actual material (which would have been illegal anyway) but even without seeing any of it the topic is one that I think most people find deeply disturbing. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20181031_internet_watch_foundation_hashes_to_block_child_abuse_material">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Amid Shutdown, Gab.com Claims Free Speech Infringement While Many Others View Them as Hate Site (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20181029_amid_shutdown_gab_dot_com_claims_free_speech_infringement</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The controversial site gab.com has been shut down by GoDaddy and given 2 days to move the domain elsewhere. The deadline expires at midnight tonight Irish time. In recent days the site has seen itself become increasingly disconnected as various service providers and online platforms including PayPal have shut the door to them. At present the site is displaying this notice... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20181029_amid_shutdown_gab_dot_com_claims_free_speech_infringement">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Maintaining Trust, Respecting Privacy and Due Process (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20181019_maintaining_trust_respecting_privacy_and_due_process</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In order for the Internet to function properly, there has to be "trust". Trust in "online" is something that has ebbed and flowed over the years, but over the past two decades more and more of our daily lives are linked closely to "digital". Our banks encourage us to use online banking and their mobile apps. Government agencies share (and collect) information from private citizens and businesses online. And of course we all do more and more of our shopping online... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20181019_maintaining_trust_respecting_privacy_and_due_process">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180614_icann_vs_epag_icann_seeks_appeal_plus_pushes_for_ecj_referral</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As I predicted ICANN is pursuing its case against EPAG. They're now not only appealing the case to a higher court in Germany but are also trying to get the entire thing referred to the European Court of Justice. In an announcement late last night ICANN made it very clear what their intentions are. While they're pursuing the appeal in the higher court in the German region, which makes sense at some level, it's also very clear that they're not taking "no" for an answer. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180614_icann_vs_epag_icann_seeks_appeal_plus_pushes_for_ecj_referral">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN vs Epag/Tucows: German Court Rules Against ICANN (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180531_icann_vs_epag_tucows_german_court_rules_against_icann</link>
		<description><![CDATA[German courts seem to be pretty fast, so instead of having to wait weeks or months to see how they'd rule, we've already got the answer. The German court in Bonn has ruled that EPAG (Tucows) is not obliged to collect extra contacts beyond the domain name registrant. The decision, naturally, is in German, but there is a translation into English that we can use to understand how the court arrived at this decision. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180531_icann_vs_epag_tucows_german_court_rules_against_icann">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN vs EPAG/Tucows: Tucows Releases Statement on What They're Doing and Why (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180529_icann_vs_epag_tucows_statement_on_what_theyre_doing_and_why</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As I noted over the weekend, ICANN has instigated legal action against EPAG, an ICANN accredited registrar based in Germany that is part of the Tucows group. ICANN claims that the case is to "preserve WHOIS data", but Tucows asserts in their statement that the ICANN approach is flawed. It's not a frivolous statement, but one they've backed with fairly detailed rationale - and this is just their public statement and not a formal legal filing. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180529_icann_vs_epag_tucows_statement_on_what_theyre_doing_and_why">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Game Over for Public Whois? Article 29 Gives ICANN the Advice It Asked For (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180413_public_whois_article_29_gives_icann_the_advice_it_asked_for</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We've talked about the conflicts between our ICANN contract and privacy law in the past. Not once, not twice, but multiple times. We refused to sign the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN until we'd received a data retention waiver. That decision probably cost us money, but if we have to choose between operating legally or illegally our path is clear. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180413_public_whois_article_29_gives_icann_the_advice_it_asked_for">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> European Commission Killing Off Thousands of EU Domains Due to Brexit (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180329_eu_commission_killing_off_thousands_of_eu_domains_due_to_brexit</link>
		<description><![CDATA[After the Brexit vote, I wrote that there could be an impact on EU registrants based in the UK. Over the past year, the UK government has been engaged in negotiations with the EU to navigate the application of Article 50 and the UK's exit from the European Union. While there has been a lot of focus on issues like the customs union and the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, the eventual departure of the UK from the EU will have a tangible impact on the European digital economy. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180329_eu_commission_killing_off_thousands_of_eu_domains_due_to_brexit">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN Maps Whois Models for GDPR (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180202_icann_maps_whois_models_for_gdpr</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today ICANN held a webinar to provide an update on their data privacy activities in relation to whois and GDPR. Rather than simply talking about the various "models" they produced both a visual mapping as well as a matrix. While some attendees may not agree with how all the models are classified it is still a helpful way of showing the deviations from the current fully public whois model for gTLD domain name registrations. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180202_icann_maps_whois_models_for_gdpr">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN Issues Guidance to Domain Registrars and Registries in Light of Hurricane Maria (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20171118_icann_guidance_to_domain_registrars_registries_about_hurricane</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ICANN has issued a guidance notice to registrars and registries in relation to Hurricane Maria, which caused massive damage throughout the Caribbean. This isn't the first time that this has happened, with a previous incident in Asia triggering action from both registrars and registries to give domain name registrants impacted by the natural disaster breathing space. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20171118_icann_guidance_to_domain_registrars_registries_about_hurricane">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Catalan Referendum Sites Blocked by Court Order (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Websites associated with the upcoming referendum in Catalonia are being blocked by ISPs in Spain. While several of the domain names used by advocates of the Catalan referendum have been seized by authorities others are being blocked by the ISPs in Spain. For those of us outside Spain the blocking has zero impact on us, so we can see the sites without any issue, but for users in Catalonia, ISPs are blocking access. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20170926_catalan_referendum_sites_blocked_by_court_order">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-05-01T10:53:00-07:00</dc:date>
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