Contracted Party Advisories

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The following advisories and announcements posted by ICANN concern topics of interest to ICANN Contracted Parties:

24 January 2025	Notice: Rogue WHOIS Server Exploit
18 April 2024	Advisory: Guidance to Registry Operator regarding escrowing Registrar's Abuse Contact Information
Updated 21 February 2024	Advisory: Clarifications to the Registry and Registrar Requirements for Whois Data Directory Services
5 February 2024	Advisory: Compliance With DNS Abuse Obligations in the Registrar Accreditation Agreement and the Registry Agreement
10 November 2022	Advisory: Fees Related to Requests for gTLD Registration Data Access
Updated 12 February 2025 27 June 2022	Chinese Privacy Law and its Impact on Registration Data Disclosure
Updated 25 May 2018 2 November 2017	NOTE: The adoption of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data has superseded this advisory. Statement from Contractual Compliance
8 June 2017	Advisory, New gTLD Registry Agreement Specification 11 (3)(b)
Updated 12 February 2025 16 November 2015	Clarifications to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Whois Accuracy Specification
30 September 2015	RAA Insurance FAQs
24 September 2015	Transfer Policy Implementation Update
26 August 2015	gTLD Registry Advisory: Correction of non-compliant ROIDs
10 August 2015	ICANN Posts Amended Description of 2013 RAA Data Retention Specification Data Elements and Purposes for Collection/Retention
31 July 2013	Advisory: Registrar Implementation of the 2013 RAA's Whois Requirements
Updated 8 December 2011	Advisory Concerning Posting of Registrar Fees for Restoring Deleted Domain Names
17 December 2009	Advisory Concerning Posting of Registrar Fees for Restoring Deleted Domain Names
5 October 2009	Advisory: Availability of Bulk Transfers in Individual gTLDs
15 May 2009	Advisory: OnlineNIC Transfer Issues Resolved
17 December 2008	Advisory: Add Grace Period Limits Policy
3 April 2008	ICANN Issues Advisory Regarding the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
21 September 2004	Advisory: Registrar Expired Name Market Developments
12 July 2004	Announcement of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
9 July 2004	SSAC Wildcard Report: A Report from the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) on Redirection in the COM and NET Domains
19 March 2004	Ten New Sponsored TLD Applications Received
20 February 2004	ICANN approves temporary procedures to improve the transfer mechanism for IDN registrations
17 February 2004	New ICANN Staff Appointments
13 November 2003	U.S. Federal Court Denies Plaintiffs' Request for Preliminary Injunction in Dotster v. ICANN Lawsuit
3 October 2003	Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove VeriSign's Wildcard
20 June 2003	Deployment of Internationalized Domain Names
16 June 2003	Whois Data Reminder Policy Posted
3 April 2003	Registrar Advisory Concerning the "15-day Period" in Whois Accuracy Requirements
21 February 2003	Registry Monthly Reports Now Available on ICANN Website
7 January 2003	Advisory Concerning .org Transition
29 December 2002	Advisory Concerning Settlement of .biz Class-Action Lawsuits
14 October 2002	ICANN Board Selects New .org Registry Operator
3 September 2002	ICANN Announces Steps to Improve Whois Data Accuracy
6 June 2002	Registrar Advisory Concerning Registration Transfers Within the Auto-Renew Grace Period
10 May 2002	Registrar Advisory Concerning Whois Data Accuracy
8 April 2002	Advisory Concerning Deceptive Notices from "XChange Dispute Resolution"
12 February 2002	Registrar Advisory Concerning Inappropriate Lending of Registry Access
12 December 2001	Advisory Concerning VeriSign Global Registry Services' ".com/.net Promotion"
12 October 2001	Advisory Concerning Smiley Litigation
23 August 2001	Third Advisory Concerning Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources
14 August 2001	Advisory Concerning Unqualified .info "Sunrise" Registrations
10 August 2001	Second Advisory Concerning Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources
16 July 2001	Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources
9 July 2001	"A Unique, Authoritative Root for the DNS" Finalized
15 February 2001	Announcement Concerning "Electronic Domain Name Monitoring"
2 February 2001	Third Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation
26 December 2000	Second Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation
16 November 2000	Consumer Alert from US Federal Trade Commission: "Domain Name Registration Scams"
3 November 2000	Advisory Concerning Regland Litigation
29 September 2000	ICANN Update - Names Council Warns Pre-Registration of Speculative New Domain Names Is Premature
24 September 2000	Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation
7 July 2000	Afternic.com Drops Lawsuit, Agrees to ICANN's Terms
20 June 2000	Advisory Concerning Afternic Litigation
7 January 2000	Comment Concerning Trailing-Hyphen Domain Names Issued