With effect from 6 June 2017, the managing organisation of Germany's country code .de on the Internet, DENIC, is accredited as an Escrow Agent under the new gTLD program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and thus officially authorised to operate a back-up storage service for the business data of domain registries (Registry Data Escrow, RyDE).
... ( Data Escrow is the act of storing data and information with a neutral third party in order to be held in custody by them. This measure is meant to ensure that business activities can be continued by an independent party in case of failure or insolvency of the registry or registrar, on the basis of the data stored as an external back-up copy. Domain data is also rated to be such type of relevant business data. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) therefore requires all its accredited registrars and registries to regularly deposit a copy of their generic domain (gTLD) registration data with an independent escrow agent. In case a registrar or registry is no longer in the position to provide its services, these data can then be handed over to a designated partner to be defined by ICANN and registrants are enabled to prove their holdership of a domain.)
Following ICANN’s approval, DENIC became one of 9 so-called Authorised New gTLD Data Escrow Agents as of 6 June. Three of these are resident in Europe.
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... ( Data Escrow is the act of storing data and information with a neutral third party in order to be held in custody by them. This measure is meant to ensure that business activities can be continued by an independent party in case of failure or insolvency of the registry or registrar, on the basis of the data stored as an external back-up copy. Domain data is also rated to be such type of relevant business data. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) therefore requires all its accredited registrars and registries to regularly deposit a copy of their generic domain (gTLD) registration data with an independent escrow agent. In case a registrar or registry is no longer in the position to provide its services, these data can then be handed over to a designated partner to be defined by ICANN and registrants are enabled to prove their holdership of a domain.)
Following ICANN’s approval, DENIC became one of 9 so-called Authorised New gTLD Data Escrow Agents as of 6 June. Three of these are resident in Europe.
Read more: DENIC
