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Tiered Access Compliance and Operations (TACO) statistics

March 2023・Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

Tiered Access update: policy check-in and updated statistics

Tucows launched our Tiered Access Compliance and Operations (TACO) platform nearly five years ago in May 2018. Since then, we’ve processed thousands of disclosure requests, supported hundreds of requestors with their legitimate needs for the disclosure of domain registration data, and made ongoing improvements to our TACO platform (the most recent of which are discussed […]

November 2022・Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

TACO Platform updates

We are very pleased to announce several updates to the Tucows TACO Platform: Finally, we want to share our thinking behind our decision to start billing for TACO requests, which we’ve been doing since May 2021. Disclosure notice to domain owners We’re committed to data protection, privacy, and transparency. We want domain owners to understand […]

October 2022・Domain Names, Industry Insight

What do domain status codes mean?

When you do a Whois lookup on a domain, the results include a lot of information. It’ll look something like the image below. Most of the fields are pretty self-explanatory, but the meaning of the “Domain Status” field values isn’t always so clear. In this post, we’ll explain what the various status codes mean, so […]

September 2022・Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

Tiered Access update and thoughts on due process

We disclose data through TACO on a regular basis to people who have proven a “legitimate interest” (these are the requirements of GDPR). There is another way, however, to get access to the data that Tucows holds; adequate due process. Recent events in the news have underscored that due process is one of the most […]

June 2022・Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

Tiered Access update: registration data accuracy, and updated statistics

In the lead-up to ICANN74, we’re back with another set of Tiered Access disclosure request and response statistics. You can jump to the numbers to see how the first few months of 2022 compared to previous years. Since the Registration Data Accuracy Scoping Team is focusing on the topic, we’d like to provide some insight […]

March 2022・Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

Tiered Access update: refreshed statistics and law enforcement processes

In May 2018, Tucows moved to redact all personal data from the default public Whois in order to comply with the GDPR1 and other data protection laws. Since then, the primary way for third parties to access domain name registration data that we hold is to place a request through our Tiered Access Compliance and […]

September 2021・Domain Names, Industry Insight, Tiered Access Directory (TACO)

Tiered Access request review process and updated statistics

It’s been quite some time since our last Tiered Access statistics update. In the interim, we’ve been hard at work managing requests for disclosure of previously public registration data and, before jumping into the numbers, we wanted to share what this work looks like. Our review process Our Tiered Access team reviews each data disclosure […]

September 2021・Industry Insight

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.

July 2021・Domain Names, Industry Insight

Register.it on building customer relationships in the domain industry

Founded in 1995, Register.it was one of the first Italian operators accredited by ICANN to offer domain names, which they provide alongside a whole suite of professional services that empower individuals and companies to create an online presence. Today, Register.it ranks among the leading companies in Europe for domain registrations and web presence solutions. Through […]

June 2021・Domain Names, Industry Insight

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 […]

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Tiered Access update: policy check-in and updated statistics

TACO Platform updates

What do domain status codes mean?

CIRA 2021 Annual General Meeting

Register.it on building customer relationships in the domain industry

EPDP 2a: Small changes? Big impacts.