Volume I

Issue : 6: September 18, 2003

• Three Privacy Studies Recently Released
• Florida Supreme Court Rules State Employees Are Not Required to Disclose Emails
• Over 27 Million Victims of Identity Theft In The Last Five Years
• CIRA s New Policies and Amendments Effective as of September 25 2003
• UKs Advertising Standard Authority Issues First Spam Decision
• Delivery of Pop up Ads Found to be Legal
• Harvard Publishes UDRP Guide
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds City Refusal to Include Link To Publication Critical of City Officials
• U.S. Recording Industry Takes Action Against Individual Users and Announces Amnesty
• U.S. Justice Department Files Injunction to Shut Down RxDepot
• First Case Under Amber Alert Legislation
• Ontario To Use Software to Meet Privacy and Access to Information Laws
• Alberta Court of Appeal Upholds Acquittal of Spammer
• FDA Warns Website Selling Canadian Pharmaceuticals

Home > Volume I > Issue 6: September 18, 2003 > CIRA s New Policies and Amendments Effective as of September 25 2003

CIRA s New Policies and Amendments Effective as of September 25 2003

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has introduced two new policies and has amended two of its old policies, all of which will be effective as of September 25, 2003.

The amendments are:

1. amending Article 6.3 of the Registrant Agreement to clarify that CIRA has, in its sole discretion, the power to cancel registrations within 30 days of activation, upon providing notice to the Registrant and the Registrant's Registrar;

2. amending Article 2.4 of the Registrant Agreement to clarify the powers of CIRA in the process of verifying the accuracy of information and/or compliance with CIRA's policies;

3. amending Sections 2.15(c) (v) and Section 8.11 of the General Registration Rules to clarify the language and intent of those sections; and

4. amending the Fees Policy and Rules to include two new fees: (i) Non-emergency Call Fee ($50.00), and (ii) Manual Change of Administrative Contact Expedited Process Fee ($12.50).

As a result of the changes:

1. Effective September 25, 2003, Registrars will have to make individual requests for registrar reports, as CIRA will no longer send automated nightly reports to Registrars;

2. CIRA shall provide emergency technical support to Registrars outside of normal CIRA business hours;

3. As of September 25, 2003, CIRA is implementing a system which collects Registrant Contact Information from the Registrant and allows a Registrar of Record to request manual changes to administrative contact details on behalf of a Registrant.

4. Certain domain names that were previously reserved by CIRA for government agencies will now be released and other names shall be reserved for use by municipalities.

For additional information, visit:

http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/20030825.html#topic01