ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 27 March 2015
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Notice of Preliminary Determination To Grant Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request
27 March 2015 | ICANN has made a preliminary determination that it is prepared to grant a data retention waiver request submitted by Registrar COREHUB S.R.L. ("COREHUB") under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (the "2013 RAA").
Results Available for 25 March 2015 New gTLD Program Auction
25 March 2015 | On 25 March 2015, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for two new generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings: .PING and .SRL.
CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs Statement | Istanbul, 25 March 2015
25 March 2015 | Members and participants of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) met in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23-24 March 2015.
ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver to Secura GmbH
24 March 2015 | Secura GmbH ("Registrar") submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request ("Waiver Request") pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013 RAA, which provides that if a registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to ICANN's request to grant a previous data retention waiver under the 2013 RAA, a registrar may request that ICANN grant a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by ICANN, unless ICANN provides Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request.
ICANN Announces 2015 Hardware Security Module Replacement Project for the Root Key Signing Key
23 March 2015 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced the 2015 Hardware Security Module Replacement Project for the Root Key Signing Key.
Call for Expressions of Interest to Host ICANN Meetings in 2017 and 2018
23 March 2015 | ICANN is actively seeking hosts for its public meetings to be held in 2017 and 2018 in Europe, Africa, Asia/Australia/Pacific, North America, and Latin America/Caribbean.
Call for Expressions of Interest to Host ICANN Meetings in Latin America and North America in 2016
23 March 2015 | ICANN is actively seeking hosts for its public meetings to be held 27-30 June 2016 in Latin America/Caribbean Islands and 29 Oct - 4 Nov 2016 in North America.
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