ICANN Concludes Negotiations For Data Escrow

[davezan]

Got this from ICANN's site:

[icann.org ]

ICANN has concluded negotiations and entered into an agreement with Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc. to provide escrow services under ICANN's Registrar Data Escrow (RDE) program. ICANN selected Iron Mountain through a competitive Request for Proposals process concluded earlier this year.

May mean something, may mean nothing, and lots of things to work out. But
there's a start.

David

[Webwork]

"The vast majority of ICANN-accredited registrars offer high levels of service and integrity," said Dr. Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "But as we have seen, there is the risk that a poorly performing registrar can hurt registrants significantly. ICANN's Registrar Data Escrow program provides an important additional layer of protection for registrants."

Smart, after the fact is still smart, but not quite as smart as before the fact . . of a debacle such as RegisterFlunk.

Thanks for the "heads up" DZ. Always a pleasure to see you. :)