Proxy Services Framework

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Response to proposed Proxy Services Framework

In September we launched a 30-day comment period inviting feedback from stakeholders on a proposal for a new Proxy Services framework. Today we are announcing that following this process we have decided to proceed with a framework for these services.

Confirmed key features of the newly designed framework include:

• Only Accredited Channel Partners are eligible for participation.
• Participating registrars will be required to submit either a suitable Proxy Service Incident Plan (PSIP), or ensure a suitable third-party data escrow scheme is in place.
• For DRS claims, the Proxy Service Provider will have a two working days timeframe in which to supply details of the underlying registrant.
• Proxy Service Providers will be obligated to respond to LEA data requests within a one working day timescale.
• Participating registrars will be subject to an annual compliance audit to ensure underlying data is accurate.
• Marketing must not imply that without proxy services personal data will be published by default.

A summary of the feedback and Nominet response can be found here. A revised version of the registry-registrar agreement has been published and is available here. Applications will be accepted from 3rd December 2018.

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This whole review seems to have been brought about so that some registrars can carry on selling expensive add-on proxy services on UK domains that are not actually needed by the registrants at all.