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ICANN73 recap
ICANN73 took place last week and, as always, it was a productive conference. Panels covered an interesting range of topics: in-progress policy work, what it truly means for something to be in the global public interest and how ‘public interest’ can be assessed, what’s next for new gTLDs now that the Subsequent Procedures Working Group […]
ICANN’s SSAD Operational Design Assessment: our analysis
Last week, we shared updated statistics about data disclosure requests processed through our Tiered Access Compliance & Operations (TACO) platform. As promised in that post, we also want to connect that Tucows-specific data with the bigger picture. More specifically, we want to use our data to contextualize some of the figures ICANN provided in its […]
ICANN72 recap
Another ICANN conference has come and gone, and, while the timezone was more friendly for us North Americans, it was a bit sad to spend so much time with my ICANN colleagues yet still be so far away from them. ICANN72 saw several interesting sessions: working meetings open to public observation, Stakeholder Group check-ins, and, […]
CIRA 2021 Annual General Meeting
Registrars are uniquely positioned to provide registries actionable feedback on their operations. Yet, former CIRA Board Member Alex Beraskow is seeking to remove our voice in .ca governance.
ICANN71 recap
ICANN71 has now finished, and although we once again missed the usual opportunity to connect informally with colleagues from other organizations and travel to new and interesting locations, we still had an effective conference with valuable panels and sessions. Two members of the Tucows Herd (Sarah Wyld and Reg Levy) were dedicated to the four-day-long […]
EPDP 2a: Small changes? Big impacts.
Like many things in life, the domain industry is something that seems simple at first glance but reveals itself to be really complicated when you do a little digging. There are stringent ICANN policies dictating how domain registrars and registries need to operate, and a lot of thought, discussion, and legal review goes into making […]
ICANN70 recap
Welcome back from Cancun; I hope everyone is rested following travel to and from the recent ICANN70 conference… Wouldn’t that be nice? We didn’t get to travel to Cancun this year, and I don’t expect to be able to travel for ICANN71 or 72 either, but we still had a successful conference with lots of […]
Data Privacy Day 2021: data protection by design
January 28 is Data Privacy Day! Privacy a topic we’re hugely passionate about, and we’re really proud of the work we do to protect the personal data we’re entrusted with and to advocate for the privacy rights of domain owners and our resellers. It should go without saying that we approach data protection with great […]
Do privacy shield rulings impact Tucows?
If you follow data privacy news, you may have heard that the EU-US Privacy Shield was invalidated recently, and as a Tucows reseller, you might be wondering how that affects our services. TL;DR: It doesn’t. We’ll get into the details of Privacy Shield, what it was used for, and what happens now that it’s been […]
ICANN66 recap
Montreal in November is not as bad as it sounds; the weather is crisp and clear, the snow isn’t too deep yet, and it doesn’t get dark until a reasonable time in the evening. It’s still not my top choice for a travel destination at this time of year, but the ICANN conference definitely made […]
