Biography
Tania Baumann is Head of Secretariat at Nominet, where she is responsible for managing the .uk policy process, including bringing .uk policy recommendations to the Nominet Board and stakeholder engagement. Prior to her appointment to Nominet in December 2010, she was the Acting Director of the International Chamber of Commerce (UK) leading its policy and advocacy activities.
Abstract
Regulation and DNS
In the past, the domain name system has played a somewhat invisible role in enabling users to reach the information that they wanted to on the Internet. However as concerns of regulators have grown amidst issues of cyber-security and cyber-crime, protecting vulnerable and young people from online harms, data privacy, and freedom of expression amongst others, the DNS has come under increasing scrutiny as a 'soft target' for regulation. This can place new expectations and risks on those involved in the supply chain from the registry through to the registrant. Some of these can be managed contractually and through self-regulation, whilst others may be imposed. This talk will consider some recent developments in regulation and how they might affect service providers in the DNS chain.
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