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Breach notice to registrar for shirking DNS abuse requirements — ICANN sends

Breach notice to registrar for shirking DNS abuse requirements — ICANN sends

ICANN asks a Tencent domain registrar to clean up its business.

The words "Breach Notice" in red block letters on black background

ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name name registrar Aceville Pte Ltd.

While Aceville might not be a household name, it’s part of the sizable Chinese conglomerate Tencent (HKEX: 00700 HKD Counter, ADR traded as OTCMKTS: TCEHY).

Aceville does business as DNSPod at DNSPod.com. Adding to the confusion, Tencent also owns a registrar called DNSPod, Inc., which offers services at DNSPod.cn.

Aceville had regarding 80,000 .com domains under management as of May, while DNSPod, Inc. had over 500,000.

This complaint is specifically for Aceville, or DNSPod.com.

ICANN stated Aceville breached five parts of its accreditation agreement, primarily for shirking its duty to handle DNS abuse complaints. Aceville has also failed to implement Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP).

Aceville has until October 11 to cure the breaches.

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