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  • ICANN considers anonymous registration

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will conduct a review of the Whois database for domain name registrants, and assess the feasibility of allowing individuals and companies to register domain names anonymously in the future.

  • International group lobbies for domain buyers' privacy

    Individuals and small-business owners should be able to buy domain names without being required to divulge their mailing address, phone number and e-mail address, an international coalition planned to say in a letter Tuesday evening U.S. time.

  • ICANN told to clamp down on dodgy domain names

    A US government study into the prevalence of phoney Web sites has found that 3.89 million domain names, or 8.6 percent, were registered with false or incomplete information.

  • Tucows about-face on 'Whois'

    In a turnaround from the company's previous position, Tucows is calling for restricted access to the 'Whois' database.

  • US government renews ICANN contract

    The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that coordinates Net addressing until 2011.

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  • ICANN urged to scrutinise domain claims

    An Internet taskforce is calling for increased accuracy of domain-name owner data and the elimination of bulk marketing that uses domain-name information.

  • Who should govern the Net?

    ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf fires back at critics who say his organisation impedes innovation on the Internet.

  • Australian registry going global?

    An Australian domain name registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a bid to become the registry for global top-level domain .org.

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