February 25, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy (godaddy.com) announced on Monday that its network of registrars have become one of the first to back-up all of their customer information with an outside data storage firm under new regulations set forth by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org).
The Registrar Data Escrow program is an ICANN initiative designed to protect consumers from losing control of their domain names in the off change their registrars lose their accreditation or go defunct. It requires all registrars to deposit a copy of their registration databases each week, with high-volume registrars depositing incremental updates daily, says the organization.
Go Daddy says that although it had already been actively backing up its domain customers’ data, escrowing with ICANN provides an additional layer of security, while also setting a good example for the registrar community.
“By getting industry leaders, such as Go Daddy, on board early in the process, our testing with large volumes of data is streamlined,” says John Boruvka, vice president of Iron Mountain’s Intellectual Property Management services. “Go Daddy’s participation has been key to ICANN’s rollout of the Registrar Data Escrow program.”
Go Daddy’s headquarters were also recently visited by Prince Andrew as part of a trip designed to improve economic ties between Britain and the US.
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