[ALAC-Announce] ICANN Newsletter -- 29 November 2013

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

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ICANN Weekly Newsletter

News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

http://www.icann.org/ Week ending 29 November 2013



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Announcements This Week

Study on Whois Misuse<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-27nov13-en.htm>
This study, conducted by Carnegie Mellon University's Cylab (CMU), examines the extent to which public Whois contact information for gTLD domain names is misused (i.e. harmful actions such as spam, phishing, identity theft or data theft are taken using gTLD registration data).
27 November 2013

Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27nov13-en.htm>
To obtain community input on the recommendations recently adopted by the GNSO Council concerning the Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs Policy Development Process prior to their consideration by the ICANN Board of Directors.
27 November 2013

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Upcoming Events

23-27 March 2014: 49th International Public ICANN Meeting – Singapore<http://singapore49.icann.org/>


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